Raúl Alcalá

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.

Major results

 * 1985
 * 3rd Overall Redlands Classic


 * 1986
 * 2nd Overall Redlands Classic
 * 1st Prologue
 * 9th Overall Coors Classic
 * 1st Stage 6


 * 1987
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Coors Classic
 * 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 13
 * 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino
 * 2nd Züri-Metzgete
 * 9th Overall Tour de France
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification


 * 1988
 * 8th Clásica de San Sebastián


 * 1989
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ruta Mexico
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 10, 11, 14 & 15
 * 4th Giro di Lombardia
 * 5th Züri-Metzgete
 * 8th Overall Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 9th Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st Stage 2b (TTT)
 * 9th UCI Road World Cup


 * 1990
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ruta Mexico
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 7 & 14
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Trump
 * 1st Prologue & Stage 8
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 8th Overall Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 7 (ITT)
 * 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


 * 1992
 * 1st Clásica de San Sebastián
 * 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
 * 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 2nd Overall Nissan Classic
 * 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 Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour DuPont
 * 1st Stage 11
 * Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 1st Prologue & Stage 3
 * 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 1st Stage 5


 * 1994
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ruta Mexico
 * 1st Stages 4 (TTT) & 9
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour DuPont
 * 3rd Klasika Primavera


 * 2010
 * 1st MaillotMexicano.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships