Iñaki Gastón Crespo (born 25 May 1963, in Bilbao) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.

Iñaki Gastón
Personal information
Full nameIñaki Gastón Crespo
Born (1963-05-25) 25 May 1963 (age 61)
Bilbao, Spain
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Professional teams
1984–1985Reynolds
1986–1987Kas
1988–1989Kelme
1990–1993CLAS–Cajastur
1994Mapei–CLAS
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (1991)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (1987, 1988)

One-day races and Classics

Clásica de San Sebastián (1986)

Career

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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 CLAS–Cajastur team merged with Mapei–Viner to form Mapei–CLAS for the 1994 season.[5]

Post-Cycling

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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

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1983
3rd Subida a Gorla [fr]
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 Naranco

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
  Vuelta a España 21 12 12 35 7 14 14 DNF 11 59
  Giro d'Italia 23
  Tour de France 38 75 DNF 112 DNF 61 DNF 78

References

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  1. ^ Vega, Iban (4 November 2022). "Iñaki Gastón, un imprescindible del ciclismo de los 80". Ciclismo para ciclistas, amantes del deporte de las dos ruedas (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Clásica de San Sebastián: the festival of the climbers". www.uci.org. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Valverde in pole position to repeat at Clasica San Sebastian". VeloNews.com. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  4. ^ "SPAIN'S Inaki Gaston won the Catalan race yesterday". HeraldScotland. 24 March 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  5. ^ "The iconic Mapei vintage retro cycling jersey -". velofanatics.com. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  6. ^ Varona, Alfredo (27 April 2022). ""Sin estudios también se puede triunfar" -". BICIO (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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