Raúl Alcalá Gallegos, born on 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 he rode the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing eleventh. In 1986 he became the first Mexican cyclist to ride the Tour de France, and in 1987 he won its young rider classification. In both 1989 and 1990 he won a Tour stage and finished eighth overall, and he finished in the top ten of five different Grand Tours. In 2010, at the age of 46, he won the Mexican national time trial championship.
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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.
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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.
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In the 1987 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification.
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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.
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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.
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In 1986, Alcalá became the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France.
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