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Francisco Gabica

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Current team
  
Retired

Discipline
  
Road


Name
  
Francisco Gabica

Role
  
Bicycler

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Full name
  
Francisco Gabicacogeascoa Ibarra

Born
  
31 December 1937 Ispaster, Spain (
1937-12-31
)

Died
  
July 7, 2014, Lekeitio, Spain

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.

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Tour de France record

  • 1963: 14th overall
  • 1964: 13th overall
  • 1965: 10th overall
  • 1966: 7th overall
  • 1969: 24th overall
  • 1970: 23rd overall
  • References

    Francisco Gabica Wikipedia