Luis Otaño Arcelus (born 26 January 1934 in

Errenteria Errenteria ( eu, Errenteria/Orereta, es, Rentería) is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, in the north of Spain, near the French border. The river Oiartzun (rive ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French depa ...

)Page on Luis Otaño
in the EITB website. is a former Spanish

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professional road bicycle racer. In 1964, Otaño lost the

1964 Vuelta a España The 19th ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 30 April to 16 May 1964. It consisted of 17 stages covering a total of , and was won by Raymond Poulidor of the Merci ...

Raymond Poulidor Raymond Poulidor (; 15 April 1936 – 13 November 2019), nicknamed "Pou-Pou" (), was a French professional racing cyclist, who rode for his entire career. His distinguished career coincided with two other outstanding riders – Jacques Anquet ...

by only 33 seconds.

Major results

1958 :1st GP Liberacion de Ondarroa :5th Overall

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

;1960 :1st Stage 4 Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :1st Stages 1a & 1b 3 jours d'Anvers Driedaagse van Antwerpen :3rd Paris–Tours :6th Overall Menton–Roma ;1961 :1st Stage 10

:1st Stage 4 Circuit d'Aquitaine :2nd Ronde des Korrigans :3rd Overall GP de la Bicicleta Eibarresa ;1962 :1st Road Race, National Road Championships :2nd

Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia – Clásica de Ordizia is a Spanish professional cycle road race held in Ordizia, Basque Country. The first edition was held in 1922. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...

:3rd Tour de Haute-Loire :3rd Saint-Gaudens :2nd GP du Parisien ;1963 :1st Stage 3a

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...

:1st Stage 5 Circuit du Provençal :1st Stage 1

GP du Midi-Libre The Grand Prix du Midi Libre (referred to as just Midi Libre) was a multiple-stage road cycling course in the south of France. The race, named after the newspaper that organized it, was first organized in 1949 and was an important preparation cou ...

:2nd Saint-Gaudens :2nd GP du Parisien ;1964 :1st GP Pascuas :2nd Overall

::1st Stage 9 :2nd

:3rd Road Race, National Road Championships :3rd Subida al Naranco ;1965 :1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :2nd Overall GP de la Bicicleta Eibarresa ::1st Stage 2 :2nd Hill Climb, National Road Championships :2nd Trofeo Jaumandreu :2nd

Klasika Primavera The Klasika Primavera ( en, Spring classic) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Amorebieta, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

:7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclismo :8th Barcelona–Andorra ;1966 :1st Road Race, National Road Championships :1st Stage 15

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

:1st Stage 10a

:1st GP Virgen Blanca :1st

Vailly-sur-Sauldre Vailly-sur-Sauldre (, literally ''Vailly on Sauldre'') is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. Geography A farming village situated on the banks of the Sauldre river, about northeast of Bourges at the ...

:1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Ávila :1st Stage 1b

Vuelta a Levante The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calend ...

:6th Overall Gran Premio Fedrácion Catalana de Ciclismo :10th Overall

Vuelta a Mallorca The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...

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* * * Spanish male cyclists 1934 births Living people Spanish Tour de France stage winners Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners People from Errenteria Cyclists from Gipuzkoa {{Spain-cycling-bio-1930s-stub