Jesús Aranzabal Ojanguren (25 December 1939 – 27 September 2023) was a Spanish professional cyclist. Professional from 1964 to 1972, he notably won a stage of the 1972 Vuelta a España and the general classification of the 1966

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

. He also finished 2nd and won a stage of the 1970 Tour of the Basque Country. Aranzabal died on 27 September 2023, at the age of 83.Fallece Jesús Aranzabal, locomotora de Fagor y Bic

Major results

;1963 : 1st Overall Vuelta al Bidasoa ;1966 : 1st Overall

: 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Ávila ;1967 : 10th Overall

;1968 : 1st Stage 3

Vuelta a Mallorca The Challenge Vuelta 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 early February. The event is used as an early season preparato ...

: 3rd National Road Race Championships : 3rd

Trofeo Baracchi The Trofeo Baracchi was a major Italian cycling race that ran for 50 years. It was created by Giacomo Baracchi, in memory of his father Angelo who was a great cycle racing fan. Originally (from 1941) an amateur individual time trial An indiv ...

;1970 : 2nd National Road Race Championships : 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country ::1st Stage 5 : 3rd

Klasika Primavera The Klasika Primavera () 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. Established in 1946 as ''Gran Premio de Primavera'', it is now he ...

;1971 : 1st Stages 4 & 6b Volta a Portugal ;1972 : 1st Stage 17a

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, 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'Ital ...

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* 1939 births 2023 deaths Spanish male cyclists Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners People from Bergara Cyclists from Gipuzkoa 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-cycling-bio-1930s-stub