Iñaki Gastón Explained
Iñaki Gastón Crespo (born 25 May 1963, in Bilbao) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.
Career
During Gastón's first race as a professional the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana he won stage 2b taking his first professional victory.[1]
In the 1986 Clásica de San Sebastián Gastón made it to the line with Marino Lejarreta who he then beat in the sprint to win the race.[2] He is one of two Basque riders to ever win the race.[3]
Gastón won the 1990 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme beating Tony Rominger by six seconds.[4]
For the final year of his career his team merged with to form for the 1994 season.[5]
Post-Cycling
Retiring from cycling after the 1994 season Gastón became a Pharmaceutical salesman. He plans to work until he is 60 then he will retire from work all together.[6]
Major results
- 1983
3rd
7th Overall GP Tell
- 1984
1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
1st Stages 1 & 3
1st Stage 2b Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2nd Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
2nd Subida a Arrate
3rd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
4th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 2b & 6
6th Clásica de San Sebastián
6th Overall Route du Sud
10th Giro di Lombardia
10th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1985
1st Subida a Arrate
1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude
1st Stage 3
2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
2nd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
3rd Overall Ruota d'Oro
3rd Klasika Primavera
6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
9th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1986
1st Clásica de San Sebastián
1st Subida a Arrate
2nd Trofeo Luis Puig
2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
6th Overall Paris–Nice
6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1987
1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias 1st Prologue, Stages 1b, 2 & 3
1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España
2nd Overall Volta a Galicia
1st Stage 4b
2nd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
2nd Grand Prix Navarre
3rd Overall Euskal Bizikleta
1st Stage 3
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
9th Paris–Nice
- 1988
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 2 & 14
1st Prologue Volta a Galicia
3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stages 4 & 7
4th Road race, National Road Championships
7th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
- 1989
1st Overall Vuelta a Aragón
3rd Overall Volta a Galicia
5th Trofeo Masferrer
6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1990
1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Klasika Primavera
2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
3rd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
3rd Subida al Naranco
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 5
4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
4th Trofeo Luis Puig
5th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
5th Overall Volta a Galicia
8th Züri-Metzgete
- 1991
1st Mountains classification Giro d'Italia
5th Clásica de San Sebastián
7th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
8th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1992
2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
3rd Klasika Primavera
- 1993
1st Stage 3 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
4th Clásica de San Sebastián
7th Subida al NarancoGrand Tour general classification results timeline
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Vega . Iban . Iñaki Gastón, un imprescindible del ciclismo de los 80 . Ciclismo para ciclistas, amantes del deporte de las dos ruedas . 25 May 2023 . es . 4 November 2022.
- Web site: Clásica de San Sebastián: the festival of the climbers . www.uci.org . 25 May 2023 . en-gb . 22 July 2020.
- Web site: Valverde in pole position to repeat at Clasica San Sebastian . VeloNews.com . 25 May 2023 . en . 31 July 2015.
- Web site: SPAIN'S Inaki Gaston won the Catalan race yesterday . HeraldScotland . 25 May 2023 . en . 24 March 1990.
- Web site: The iconic Mapei vintage retro cycling jersey - . velofanatics.com . 25 May 2023 . 28 September 2022.
- Web site: Varona . Alfredo . "Sin estudios también se puede triunfar" - . BICIO . 25 May 2023 . es . 27 April 2022.
