Francisco Gabica facts for kids
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Gabicagogueascoa and the second or maternal family name is Ibarra.
Francisco Gabica in 1968
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| Born | 31 December 1937 Ispaster, Spain |
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| Died | 7 July 2014 (aged 76) | ||
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| Current team | Retired | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
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Francisco Gabicagogueascoa 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 Vélez and third-place finisher Carlos Echeverría, both compatriots. At the 1968 Vuelta, Gabica captured three mountainous stages to win the climbers classification.
Major results
Source:
- 1961
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 7th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 1st Stage 5
- 1962
- 1st Klasika Primavera
- 3rd Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 3rd GP Ayutamiento de Bilbao
- 5th Overall Vuelta a España
- 5th Subida a Arrate
- 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1963
- 1st GP Torrelavega
- 1st Stage 4 Grand Prix de Torrelavega
- 5th Overall Vuelta a España
- 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 6th Grand Prix du Parisien
- 1964
- 1st Campeonato Vasco Navarro de Montaña
- 1st Prix de Pola de Lena
- 2nd Subida a Arrate
- 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 7
- 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 3b
- 9th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1965
- 1st Grand Prix de Zumaia
- 1st Stages 2 & 6 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 6th Overall Vuelta a España
- 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 1 & 5a
- 10th Overall Tour de France
- 1966
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 15a
- 2nd Overall Gran Premio Fedrácion Catalana de Ciclismo
- 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 1
- 5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 7th Overall Tour de France
- 8th Trofeo Masferrer
- 1967
- 1st
Road race National Road Championships - 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 17
- 1968
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya
- 3rd Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 9th Trofeo Dicen
- 1969
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja
- 1970
- 1st GP Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1st Mémorial Uriona
- 1st Trophée Grutas San Jose
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
- 1971
- 5th Overall Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |
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| Vuelta a España |
30 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | DNF | 13 | 16 | 22 | 35 |
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | 33 |
| Tour de France |
— | — | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | — | — | 24 | 23 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
See also
In Spanish: Patxi Gabica para niños
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