Iñaki Gastón Crespo (born 25 May 1963, in Bilbao) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Iñaki Gastón Crespo |
| Born | 25 May 1963 Bilbao, Spain |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1984–1985 | Reynolds |
| 1986–1987 | Kas |
| 1988–1989 | Kelme |
| 1990–1993 | CLAS–Cajastur |
| 1994 | Mapei–CLAS |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours | |
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 CLAS–Cajastur team merged with Mapei–Viner to form Mapei–CLAS 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 Subida a Gorla
- 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
| 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
External links
- Iñaki Gastón Palmarès by urtekaria.com (in Spanish)
- Iñaki Gastón at Cycling Archives
- Iñaki Gastón at ProCyclingStats
- Iñaki Gastón at CycleBase
