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[1] 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,[2] but eventually did not compete.
 Alcalá at the 1993 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl Alcalá Gallegos |
| Nickname | The Goblin (El Duende) |
| Born | 3 March 1964 Monterrey, Mexico |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1985 | Denti–Valtron |
| 1986–1988 | 7-Eleven |
| 1989–1992 | PDM–Ultima–Concorde |
| 1993 | WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca |
| 1994 | Motorola |
| 1998 | Team GT |
| 2009 | Team Arreola Hnos. |
| 2010 | Canel's Turbo |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Career achievements
editMajor results
edit- 1984
- 9th Overall Coors Classic
- 1985
- 3rd Overall Redlands Classic
- 1986
- 2nd Overall Redlands Classic
- 1st Prologue
- 9th Overall Coors Classic
- 1st Stage 6
- 1987
- 1st
Overall Coors Classic
- 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 13
- 2nd Züri-Metzgete
- 5th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 1
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 1988
- 8th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1989
- 1st Overall Ruta Mexico
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 10, 11, 14 & 15
- 1st
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Züri-Metzgete
- 5th Grand Prix de la Libération
- 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 3
- 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 2b (TTT)
- 9th UCI Road World Cup
- 1990
- 1st Overall Ruta Mexico
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 7 & 14
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Trump
- 1st Prologue & Stage 8 (ITT)
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Prologue
- 3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 5th Overall Tour of Ireland
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT)
- 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 8th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1991
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country
- 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 8th Overall Tour of Ireland
- 1992
- 1st Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour of Ireland
- 3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th UCI Road World Cup
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 6th Wincanton Classic
- 8th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1993
- 1st Overall Tour DuPont
- 1st Stage 11
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Stage 5
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Prologue & Stage 3 (ITT)
- 8th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1994
- 1st Overall Ruta Mexico
- 1st Stages 4 (TTT) & 9
- 3rd Klasika Primavera
- 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 9th Overall Tour DuPont
- 1st Prologue
- 1999
- 7th Overall Ruta Mexico
- 2010
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | — | — |
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Tour de France
|
114 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 8 | DNF | 21 | 27 | 70 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Raúl Alcalá Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ^ Thomas, Steve (18 February 2011). "Still rollin': A conversation with Raúl Alcalá". VeloNews. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
External links
edit- Samuel, Abt (6 August 1991). "For Cyclists, an Injection of Controversy". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 May 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
- Raúl Alcalá at Cycling Archives
- Raúl Alcalá at ProCyclingStats
- Raúl Alcalá at CycleBase
- Raúl Alcalá at Olympedia
- Official Tour de France results for Raúl Alcalá
