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Luis Ocaña

1945 - 1994

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Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía (pronounced [xeˈsus ˈlwis oˈkaɲa peɾˈnia]; 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Ocaña is the 18th most popular cyclist (up from 20th in 2019), the 546th most popular biography from Spain (up from 577th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Luis Ocaña ranks 18 out of 1,613. Before him are Lucien Petit-Breton, Joop Zoetemelk, Felice Gimondi, Federico Bahamontes, Lance Armstrong, and Alfredo Binda. After him are Henri Cornet, Frederick Keeping, François Faber, Philippe Thys, Charly Gaul, and Rik Van Steenbergen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Luis Ocaña ranks 150. Before him are John Garang, Brenda Fricker, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Wim Suurbier, and Angus Deaton. After him are Franco Battiato, Wolfgang Schüssel, Ernie Hudson, Phil Jackson, Mustafa Balel, and Peter Criss. Among people deceased in 1994, Luis Ocaña ranks 77. Before him are Alain Cuny, Lionel Stander, Terence Young, Max Bill, Robert Bloch, and Federica Montseny. After him are Woody Strode, Jean Borotra, Jim Brown, Clement Greenberg, Jacques Ellul, and Tengiz Abuladze.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Ocaña ranks 546 out of 3,355. Before him are Galswintha (540), Marià Fortuny (1838), Santiago Rusiñol (1861), João da Nova (1460), Joseph Karo (1488), and Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909). After him are Witteric (570), Mikel Arteta (1982), Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona (1068), María Zambrano (1904), Julen Lopetegui (1966), and Santiago Carrillo (1915).

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Among CYCLISTS In Spain

Among cyclists born in Spain, Luis Ocaña ranks 3. Before him are Miguel Induráin (1964), and Federico Bahamontes (1928). After him are Alberto Contador (1982), José Manuel Fuente (1945), Julio Jiménez (1934), Bernardo Ruiz (1925), Pedro Delgado (1960), Carlos Sastre (1975), Vicente Trueba (1905), Delio Rodríguez (1916), and Fernand Sanz (1881).

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