He was forced to retire early in 1969, after being unable to finish his final race at the Vuelta a Levante.
[4] A great climber of the 1960s, his best season was in 1963, when he won the Subida a Arrate ahead of Federico Bahamontes and Jacques Anquetil, the Bicicleta Eibarresa and the GP Pascuas in Pamplona among other races.
His funeral was held on Wednesday October 6 at the church of San Pedro de Basauri at half past six in the afternoon.
[5] His most notable result was his victory in the 1963 Euskal Bizikleta, where he also won the mountains classification and the 5th stage.
Within the national tests he took the podium in the third stage of the Vuelta a Mallorca and on the Ascent to La Reineta.