{{Short description|Spanish cyclist (1927–2014)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Joan Crespo | image = | caption = | fullname = Joan Crespo Hita | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|3|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|4|9|1927|3|7|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marca.com/2014/04/09/ciclismo/1397043096.html|language=es|title=Adiós a Juan Crespo|accessdate=2020-04-27|publisher=marca.com}}</ref> | death_place = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | proyears1 = 1946–1947 | proteam1 = C.C. Provenzalense | proyears2 = 1948 | proteam2 = C.C. Barcelones | proyears3 = 1949 | proteam3 = Galindo and C.D. Sabadell | proyears4 = 1950–1952 | proteam4 = P.C. Nicky's | proyears5 = 1953 | proteam5 = Follis and C.C. Barcelona | proyears6 = 1954–1955 | proteam6 = Follis and P.C. Nicky's | proyears7 = 1956 | proteam7 = Follis | proyears8 = 1957 | proteam8 = Mobylette | proyears9 = 1958 | proteam9 = Ignis | majorwins = }} '''Joan Crespo Hita''' (7 March 1927 – 9 April 2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/rider/2653/juan-crespo-hita|title=Historic Overview Juan Crespo Hita|accessdate=2020-04-27|publisher=cyclingranking.com}}</ref> was a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1951 and 1959.
==Biography== Joan Crespo was born in Barcelona, Catalonia on March 7, 1927 and died in Barcelona at the age of 87. Crespo turned professional in 1951 with the Spanish team P.C. Nicky's. His main victory was the Trofeo Masferrer in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sitiodeciclismo.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=27587|language=es|title= Juan Crespo Hita|accessdate=2020-04-27|publisher=sitiodeciclismo.net}}</ref> He finished 39th in the general classification of the 1957 Vuelta a España. Crespo's last win was the GP de Martorell in 1959. Crespo retired from cycling at the end of the 1959 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ciclisme.cat/noticies/carretera/ens-deixa-joan-crespo|language=ca|title=Ens deixa Joan Crespo|accessdate=2020-04-27|publisher=ciclisme.cat}}</ref> His father, Antonio Crespo Sanjuán, was one of the pioneers in the sport in Catalonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/rider/463/antonio-crespo|title=Antonio Crespo Sanjuán's Palmares at CyclingRanking|publisher=CyclingRanking.com}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;1951 : 2nd Trofeo Jaumendreu<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/rider/2653/juan-crespo-hita|title=Historic Overview Juan Crespo Hita|accessdate=2020-04-27|publisher=cyclingranking.com}}</ref> ;1952 : 1st Gran Premio Cataluña ;1956 : 3rd GP de Martorell ;1957 : 2nd Trofeo Masferrer ;1958 : 1st Trofeo Masferrer ;1959 : 1st GP de Martorell {{div col end}}
=== Vuelta a España results === * 1957: 39th
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [http://www.sitiodeciclismo.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=27587 Joan Crespo Hita] on sitiodeciclismo.net
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crespo Hita, Joan}} Category:1927 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Cyclists from Barcelona Category:Spanish male cyclists Category:Volta a Catalunya cyclists Category:20th-century Spanish sportsmen