Francisco Gabicacogeascoa Ibarra (born Ispastar, 31 December 1937) 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

1966 Vuelta a España

The 21st Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 28 to May 15, 1966. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 2,949.5 km, and was won by Francisco Gabica of the Kas-Kaskol cycling team...

 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

King of the Mountains

The King of the Mountains is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race; usually and officially known as the Mountains classification...

.

Major achievements

1961 – Kas-Royal-Asport

1st, Stage 5, Grand Prix d'Eibar

2nd, Overall, Tour de l'Avenir

Tour de l'Avenir

Tour de l'Avenir is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Riders competed in national teams...

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

Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...

 (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

Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

 (and Stage 17 win)

1968 – Fagor

13th, Overall, Vuelta a España

Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...

1st, King of the Mountains

King of the Mountains

The King of the Mountains is the title given to the best climber in a cycling road race; usually and officially known as the Mountains classification...

 classification

1970 – Kas-Kaskol

1st, Grand Prix Villafranca de Ordizia

1st, Mémorial Uriona

1st, Trophée Grutas San Jose

Tour de France record

• 1963
  1963 Tour de France
  The 1963 Tour de France was the 50th Tour de France, taking place June 23 to July 14, 1963. The total race distance was 21 stages over 4137 km, with riders averaging 37.092 km/h...
  
  : 14th overall
• 1964
  1964 Tour de France
  The 1964 Tour de France was the 51st Tour de France, taking place June 22 to July 14, 1964. The total race distance was 22 stages over 4504 km, with riders averaging 35.419 km/h. Stages 3, 10 and 22 were all two part stages with one the first half being a regular stage and the second half...
  
  : 13th overall
• 1965
  1965 Tour de France
  The 1965 Tour de France was memorable for a number of reasons. In his first year as a professional, Felice Gimondi, a substitute replacement on the Salvarani team, captures the overall title ahead of Raymond Poulidor, last year's second place finisher...
  
  : 10th overall
• 1966
  1966 Tour de France
  The 1966 Tour de France was the 53rd Tour de France, taking place June 21 to July 14, 1966. It consisted of 22 stages over 4303 km, ridden at an average speed of 36.760 km/h....
  
  : 7th overall
• 1969
  1969 Tour de France
  The 1969 Tour de France was the 56th Tour de France, taking place June 28 to July 20, 1969. It consisted of 22 stages over 4110 km , ridden at an average speed of 35.409 km/h...
  
  : 24th overall
• 1970
  1970 Tour de France
  The 1970 Tour de France was the 57th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 19, 1970. It consisted of 23 stages over 4366 km, ridden at an average speed of 35.589 km/h....
  
  : 23rd overall

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Francisco Gabica