The Most Famous

CYCLISTS from Mexico

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This page contains a list of the greatest Mexican Cyclists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,613 Cyclists, 1 of which were born in Mexico. This makes Mexico the birth place of the 48th most number of Cyclists behind Kenya, and Morocco.

Top 7

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Mexican Cyclists of all time. This list of famous Mexican Cyclists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Raúl Alcalá (b. 1964)

With an HPI of 40.60, Raúl Alcalá is the most famous Mexican Cyclist.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

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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2. Belem Guerrero (b. 1974)

With an HPI of 25.80, Belem Guerrero is the 2nd most famous Mexican Cyclist.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Belem Guerrero Méndez (born March 8, 1974, in Mexico City) is a Mexican former road and track cyclist who represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens where she won a silver medal in the Women's Points Race. She won the points race gold and the bronze medals in 3000m Individual Pursuit and road race during the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, but failed the doping control with Pseudoephedrine and her medals were stripped.

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3. Jessica Salazar (b. 1995)

With an HPI of 0.00, Jessica Salazar is the 3rd most famous Mexican Cyclist.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Jessica Salazar (born 21 September 1995) is a Mexican professional track cyclist. She rode in the women's team sprint event at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships, she broke the world record in the 500m time trial.

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4. Gerardo Ulloa (b. )

With an HPI of 0.00, Gerardo Ulloa is the 4th most famous Mexican Cyclist.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

José Gerardo Ulloa Arévalo (born 19 October 1996) is a Mexican road and mountain bike racing cyclist.

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5. Lizbeth Salazar (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 0.00, Lizbeth Salazar is the 5th most famous Mexican Cyclist.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Lizbeth Yareli Salazar Vázquez (born 8 December 1996) is a Mexican road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team A.R. Monex. She won at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games the points race and won silver in the team pursuit and scratch. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

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6. Daniela Gaxiola (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 0.00, Daniela Gaxiola is the 6th most famous Mexican Cyclist.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Luz Daniela Gaxiola González (born 25 November 1992) is a track cyclist from Mexico. She represented her nation at the 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

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7. Eder Frayre (b. )

With an HPI of 0.00, Eder Frayre is the 7th most famous Mexican Cyclist.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Eder Frayre Moctezuma (born 20 October 1991) is an Olympic athlete and professional Mexican cyclist, who currently rides for club team Miami Blazers.

People

Pantheon has 7 people classified as Mexican cyclists born between 1964 and 1996. Of these 7, 7 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Mexican cyclists include Raúl Alcalá, Belem Guerrero, and Jessica Salazar. As of April 2024, 6 new Mexican cyclists have been added to Pantheon including Belem Guerrero, Jessica Salazar, and Gerardo Ulloa.

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