António da Silva Alves Barbosa (24 December 1931 – 29 September 2018), commonly known as Alves Barbosa, was a Portuguese professional road cyclist. He won the Volta a Portugal in 1951, 1956 and 1958, placing third in 1955, and rode the Tour de France from 1956 until 1958 and again in 1960. He also won a stage of the 1961 Vuelta a España.
Major results
1950
1st Junior National Road Race Championships
1951
1st Overall Volta a Portugal
:1st Prologue & Stages 2 & 3
1952
1st Prova CiclÃÂstica 9 de Julho
1st Stage 9 Tour du Maroc
1954
1st National Road Race Championships
1955
1st Prova CiclÃÂstica 9 de Julho
1st Stages 4, 7, 8b, 9, 10 & 12a Volta a Portugal
1956
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Overall Volta a Portugal
:1st Stages 2a, 4a, 7, 8b, 9b, 10b, 12, 14 & 15
8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
10th Overall Tour de France
1958
1st Overall Volta a Portugal
:1st Stages 1b, 8, 12, 17, 21, 22a & 23
1959
1st Stages 5a, 5b (TTT), 13, 14, 15a, 16a & 19 Volta a Portugal
1960
1st Stages 1 & 6 Tour du Maroc
9th Overall Vuelta a AndalucÃÂa
1961
1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España
8th Overall Vuelta a AndalucÃÂa
:1st Stage 4
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