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Historic Overview Raúl Alcalá Gallegos

Rider

Overall Rank295
NameRaúl ALCALÁ GALLEGOS
Country
  Mexico
Date of birth03-Mar-1964 - Monterrey (Nuevo Leon)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Raúl Alcalá Gallegos

Raúl Alcalá Gallegos (born 3 March 1964) is a Mexican former professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 1985 and 1999 and again in 2008 and 2010. As an amateur, Alcalá competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing in eleventh place and 17th with his team in the 100 km team time trial. In 1986, Alcalá became the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France and to date has been the most successful Mexican cyclist. In the 1987 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification. In both 1989 and 1990, he won a stage in the Tour de France and finished in 8th place. A capable General Classification rider Alcalá finished in the top 10 during five different Grand Tours. In 2008, Alcalá returned to professional racing by competing in the Vuelta Chihuahua. In 2010, he won the national time trial championship at the age of 46. In early 2011, he stated his intention to race at the 2011 Pan American Games, but eventually did not compete.

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Badges

11 2 13

Major Victories

Clasica San Sebastian 1992
Coors Classic 1987
Tour de France - stages 1989 (1), 1990 (1)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1993 (2)
Vuelta al Pais Vasco - stages 1991 (1)
Coors Classic - stages 1986 (1), 1987 (3)
Giro del Trentino - stages 1987 (1)
Setmana Catalana - stages 1992 (1)
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Seasons

Raúl Alcalá Gallegos - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1984 Individual 102 358
2. 1985 7-Eleven 2 1134
3. 1986 7-Eleven - Hoonved 204 277
4. 1987 7-Eleven - Hoonved 1227 25
5. 1988 7-Eleven - Hoonved 752 69
6. 1989 PDM - Ultima - Concorde 1418 22
7. 1990 PDM - Concorde - Ultima 1479 22
8. 1991 PDM - Concorde - Ultima 1267 32
9. 1992 PDM - Ultima - Concorde 2393 5
10. 1993 WordPerfect 1434 17
11. 1994 Motorola 526 103
12. 2010 Elite without contract 2 3110
Overall: 10806 295