Gonzalo Aja

{{short description|Spanish cyclist}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Gonzalo Aja | image = Gonzalo Aja 007.jpg | fullname = Gonzalo Aja Barquín | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|6|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Matienzo, Spain | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Climber | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 1970–1972 | proteam1 = Karpy | proyears2 = 1973–1975 | proteam2 = Kas–Kaskol | proyears3 = 1976 | proteam3 = Teka | proyears4 = 1977 | proteam4 = Teka–Campagnolo | proyears5 = 1978–1979 | proteam5 = Novostil–Helios | majorwins = 1971 1 Vuelta a Cantabria GC, 1972 1 Subida a Arrate GC, 1967 1 Vuelta a Valenciana GC, 1 Vuelta Ciclista a Levante GC }}

'''Gonzalo Aja Barquín''' (Matienzo, Cantabria, 13 June 1946) was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. In the 1974 Tour de France, Aja was the first cyclist on the Col du Tourmalet and the Mont Ventoux, and finished on the 5th place of the general classification.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/gonzalo-aja| title= Gonzalo Aja |publisher=Cycling Stats|accessdate=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=106|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526053622/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=106|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 26, 2012| title= Gonzalo Aja Barquín |publisher=Cycling Archives|accessdate=2019-07-18}}</ref>

== Honors == {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;1971 :Vuelta a Cantabria ;1972 :Subida a Arrate ;1974 :Clásica de Santoña :Tour de France: ::5th place overall classification ;1976 :Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ;1977 :Clásica de Santoña {{div col end}}

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== External links == *{{cycling Archives|106}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090714043835/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/4154.html Official Tour de France results for Gonzalo Aja]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aja, Gonzalo}} Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:People from Asón-Agüera Category:Cyclists from Cantabria Category:Spanish male cyclists Category:Tour de Suisse stage winners Category:20th-century Spanish sportsmen