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Luis Ocaña

Spanish racing cyclist (1945-1994)

  • Fame53.2
  • Momentum0.2
  • Wikipedia6.8K
Source-basedFalling
Lived 1945–1994, aged 49Spain
SpainSpainAthletesAthlete
  • Wikipedia
    28 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1945–1994
    Aged 49
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-06-19

Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía was a Spanish road bicycle racer who won the 1973 Tour de France and the 1970 Vuelta a España. During the 1971 Tour de France he launched an amazing solo breakaway that put him into the Yellow Jersey and stunned the rest of the main field, including Tour champion Eddy Merckx, but he abandoned in the fourteenth stage after a crash on the descent of the Col de Menté. Ocaña would abandon many Tours, but he finished every Vuelta a España he entered except for his first, and finished in the top 5 seven times in a row.

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  • Frisol
    1977–1977
  • Super Ser
    1975–1976
  • Bic
    1970–1974
  • Fagor
    1968–1969
19681977
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  • Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit
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53.2
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Momentum0.2
Historical20.4
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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