Luis Ocaña
Ocaña in 1973 Tour de France
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| Full name | Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía | ||||||||||||
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9 June 1945 Priego, Spain |
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| Died | 19 May 1994 (aged 48) Nogaro, France |
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Climber | ||||||||||||
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| 1968–1969 | Fagor | ||||||||||||
| 1970–1974 | Bic | ||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Super Ser Zeus | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | Frisol Gazelle | ||||||||||||
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Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía (pronounced: [xeˈsus ˈlwis oˈkaɲa perˈnia]; 9 June 1945 – 19 May 1994) was a Spanish road bicycle racer who won the 1973 Tour de France and the 1970 Vuelta a España.
Ocaña was born in Priego, Cuenca, Spain but his family moved to Mont-de-Marsan (Landes, France) in 1957. Ocaña took up racing in with a club in Mont-de-Marsan and began his professional career in 1968 with the Spanish Fagor team, becoming Spanish champion that year. The following year he won the prologue and two time trials, the mountains classification as well as finishing second in the Vuelta a España.
In 1970, Ocaña signed with the French team Bic. In the 1970 Vuelta a España, he battled with Augustín Tamames, losing the leader's jersey to him on the 13th stage. Ocaña time-trialled back into the jersey on the final day and won his first Grand Tour with one minute and 18 seconds over Tamames. The Spanish newspaper Dicen said Ocaña was "the best time-trialist that Spanish cycling has ever had". In the 1970 Tour de France, Ocaña won the stage to Puy-de-Dôme and finished 31st in the Tour.
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