CYCLIST

Francisco Gabica

1937 - 2014

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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 runner-up Eusebio Vélez and third-place finisher Carlos Echeverría, both compatriots. At the 1968 Vuelta, Gabica captured three mountainous stages to win the climbers classification. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Gabica is the 234th most popular cyclist (down from 35th in 2019), the 1,624th most popular biography from Spain (down from 737th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Spanish Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Francisco Gabica ranks 234 out of 1,613. Before him are Jean Brankart, Jean Dotto, Louis Chaillot, Roger Swerts, Franco Giorgetti, and Lloyd Hildebrand. After him are Aavo Pikkuus, Charles Henry Bartlett, Philippa York, Sergio Bianchetto, Walter Planckaert, and Johan De Muynck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Francisco Gabica ranks 411. Before him are Dawn Fraser, William Lombardy, Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, Mario Bergara, Brian Lumley, and Tony Barton. After him are Jesús del Muro, Leo Kadanoff, Giuseppe Galante, Frans De Mulder, Edward Ruscha, and Viktoriya Tokareva. Among people deceased in 2014, Francisco Gabica ranks 367. Before him are Elizabeth Jane Howard, Rosemary Murphy, Casey Kasem, Dale Gardner, Eladio Herrera, and Peter Scholl-Latour. After him are Suchitra Sen, Dietmar Schönherr, Joep Lange, Andriy Bal, Georges Lamia, and Dennis Frederiksen.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Gabica ranks 1,624 out of 3,355. Before him are Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (1494), Fernando de Santiago (1910), Juan Antonio Ipiña (1912), Ana Botín (1960), Terele Pávez (1939), and Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza (1918). After him are Pasieguito (1925), Carme Forcadell (1955), Vicente Guillot (1941), Eduardo Noriega (1973), José María de Pereda (1833), and Marañón (1948).

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Among CYCLISTS In Spain

Among cyclists born in Spain, Francisco Gabica ranks 17. Before him are Delio Rodríguez (1916), Fernand Sanz (1881), Alejandro Valverde (1980), Francisco Cepeda (1906), Domingo Perurena (1943), and Emilio Rodríguez (1923). After him are Antonio Suárez (1932), Jesús Loroño (1926), Óscar Freire (1976), Abraham Olano (1970), Marino Lejarreta (1957), and Óscar Pereiro (1977).

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