# Iñaki Gastón

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 | — |