Luis Otaño Arcelus (born 26 January 1934 in

Errenteria Errenteria (, ) 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 (river), Oiartzun cuts its way through the ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) 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 department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...

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in the

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website. is a former Spanish

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professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

. 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 Me ...

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

by only 33 seconds.

Major results

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

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 ...

;1960 :1st Stage 4 Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré :1st Stages 1a & 1b 3 jours d'Anvers Driedaagse van Antwerpen :3rd

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...

: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 (; Tour of Catalonia, ) 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 the Basque Country. The race has had ...

: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 GP Pascuas was a road bicycle race held annually in Pamplona, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost ...

:2nd Overall

::1st Stage 9 :2nd

:3rd Road Race, National Road Championships :3rd

Subida al Naranco Subida al Naranco is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early June each year. The event was first run in 1941 but was not held consistently until 1981. Between 2005 and 2010, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...

;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 () 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 ...

: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 cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

:1st Stage 10a

:1st GP Virgen Blanca :1st Vailly-sur-Sauldre :1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Ávila :1st Stage 1b

Vuelta a Levante The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the sprin ...

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

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 ...

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* * * Spanish male cyclists 1934 births Living people Spanish Tour de France stage winners Spanish Vuelta a España stage winners Sportspeople from Errenteria Cyclists from Gipuzkoa 20th-century Spanish sportsmen {{Spain-cycling-bio-1930s-stub