Alcala Wins Tour DuPont With Strong Final Stage
Mexico’s Raul Alcala lived up to his reputation Sunday, dominating the final stage and winning the Tour DuPont bicycle race by almost 2 1/2 minutes over Lance Armstrong.
Alcala, 29, of Mexico, the 1990 race winner, claimed Sunday’s 36.7-mile High Point-to-Greensboro, N.C., individual time trial in 1 hour 14 minutes 16 seconds.
Armstrong, 21, of Plano, Tex., who won the fifth stage last Monday to move into second place behind Alcala, was twice passed by the race winner on the course and finished fourth in the time trial. Overall, Armstrong was 2 minutes, 26 seconds behind Alcala.
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