| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Iñaki Gastón Crespo |
| Born | (1963-05-25) 25 May 1963 (age 61) 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 | |
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.
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 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme beating Tony Rominger by six seconds.
For the final year of his career his CLAS–Cajastur team merged with Mapei–Viner to form Mapei–CLAS 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 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
| 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
- 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.
- "Clásica de San Sebastián: the festival of the climbers". www.uci.org. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- "Valverde in pole position to repeat at Clasica San Sebastian". VeloNews.com. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- "SPAIN'S Inaki Gaston won the Catalan race yesterday". HeraldScotland. 24 March 1990. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- "The iconic Mapei vintage retro cycling jersey -". velofanatics.com. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- Varona, Alfredo (27 April 2022). ""Sin estudios también se puede triunfar" -". BICIO (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
External links
- Iñaki Gastón Palmarès by urtekaria.com (in Spanish)
- Iñaki Gastón at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Iñaki Gastón at ProCyclingStats
- Iñaki Gastón at CycleBase