Francisco Gabica
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Francisco Gabicacogeascoa Ibarra |
| Born | 31 December 1937 Ispaster, Spain |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
| 1966 Vuelta a España | |
| Infobox last updated on April 7, 2009 |
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Francisco Gabicacogeascoa Ibarra (31 December 1937 – 7 July 2014) was a professional road bicycle racer between 1961 and 1972. Of his 21 professional victories, Gabica is most famous for winning the 1966 Vuelta a España besting runnerup Eusebio Velez of Spain and third-place finisher Carlos Echeverria of Spain. At the 1968 Vuelta, Gabica captured three mountainous stages to win the climbers classification.[1]
Major achievements
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- 1961 – Kas-Royal-Asport
- 1st, Stage 5, Grand Prix d'Eibar
- 2nd, Overall, Tour de l'Avenir
- 1962 – Kas
- 1st, Grand Prix Primavera
- 5th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1963 – Kas-Kaskol
- 1st, Stage 4, Grand Prix de Torrelavega
- 1964 – Kas-Kaskol
- 1st, Campeonato Vasco Navarro de Montaña (now known as, GP Miguel Induráin)
- 1st, Stage 7, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st, Stage 3, Volta a Catalunya
- 1st, Prix de Pola de Lena
- 9th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1965 – Kas-Kaskol
- 1st, Grand Prix de Zumaia
- 1st, Stages 2 and 6, Tour du Levant
- 1st, Stages 1 and 5a, Volta a Catalunya
- 6th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1966 – Kas-Kaskol
1st, Overall, Vuelta a España (and Stage 15a win)- 3rd, Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (and Stage 1 win)
- 1967 – Kas-Kaskol
Spanish National Road Race Cycling Champion- 8th, Overall, Giro d'Italia (and Stage 17 win)
- 1968 – Fagor
- 13th, Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1st, King of the Mountains classification
- 1970 – Kas-Kaskol
- 1st, Grand Prix Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1st, Mémorial Uriona
- 1st, Trophée Grutas San Jose
Tour de France record
- 1963: 14th overall
- 1964: 13th overall
- 1965: 10th overall
- 1966: 7th overall
- 1969: 24th overall
- 1970: 23rd overall
References
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External links
- Francisco Gabica at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Official Tour de France results for Francisco Gabica
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