Alves Barbosa
# Alves Barbosa

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 Ciclística 9 de Julho
    1st Stage 9 Tour du Maroc

### 1954

    1st National Road Race Championships

### 1955

    1st Prova Ciclística 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 Andalucía

### 1961

    1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España
    8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
       1st Stage 4
