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
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