# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raul-alcala
# Generated: 2026-09-02T10:47:14.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raul-alcala"
name: "Raúl Alcalá"
slug: "raul-alcala"
description: "Raúl Alcalá Gallegos 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."
tagline: "Road bicycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raul_ALCALA.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1964-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.5
  momentum:             21.7480577136515
  historical:           15.58765733333333
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "راؤول ألكالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1_Gallegos"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá Gallegos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A9"
    title: "ラウル・アルカラ"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alcal%C3%A1"
    title: "Raúl Alcalá"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump