Iñaki Gastón Crespo (born 25 May 1963, in

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) is a Spanish former professional

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Career

During Gastón's first race as a professional the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana he won stage 2b taking his first professional victory. 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. He is one of two Basque riders to ever win the race. Gastón won the 1990

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beating

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by six seconds. For the final year of his career his team merged with to form for the 1994 season.

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.

Major results

;1983 : 3rd : 7th Overall GP Tell ;1984 : 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama : 1st Jersey yellow

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 The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...

: 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 The Klasika Primavera () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Amorebieta, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Established in 1946 as ''Gran Premio de Primavera'', it is now he ...

: 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 9th Overall

;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

: 6th Overall Paris–Nice : 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ;1987 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Vuelta a Asturias ::1st Prologue, Stages 1b, 2 & 3 : 1st Stage 8

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: 2nd Overall Volta a Galicia ::1st Stage 4b : 2nd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 2nd Grand Prix Navarre : 3rd Overall

Euskal Bizikleta Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: ''Bicicleta Vasca'', English: ''Basque Bicycle'') was an annual road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. From 2005 to 2008, the race was organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, it ...

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

: 9th Paris–Nice ;1988 :

::1st Stages 2 & 14 : 1st Prologue Volta a Galicia : 3rd Overall

::1st Stages 4 & 7 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Overall Vuelta a Aragón ;1989 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Vuelta a Aragón : 3rd Overall Volta a Galicia : 5th Trofeo Masferrer : 6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja : 6th Overall

: 7th Overall

;1990 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 1st

: 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

::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 The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

: 5th Clásica de San Sebastián : 7th Overall

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia () is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's fina ...

: 8th Overall

: 9th La Flèche Wallonne ;1992 : 2nd Overall

: 3rd

;1993 : 1st Stage 3

: 4th Clásica de San Sebastián : 7th Subida al Naranco

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Iñaki Gastón Palmarès by urtekaria.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaston, Inaki 1963 births Living people Cyclists from Bilbao Spanish male cyclists Vuelta a Asturias winners Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners 20th-century Spanish sportsmen