Luis Otaño Arcelus (born 26 January 1934 in Errenteria, Gipuzkoa) is a former Spanish Basque professional road bicycle racer. In 1964, Otaño lost the 1964 Vuelta a España to Raymond Poulidor by only 33 seconds.

Major results

1958

1st GP Liberacion de Ondarroa

5th Overall Vuelta a España

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 Vuelta a España

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

3rd Tour de Haute-Loire

3rd Saint-Gaudens

2nd GP du Parisien

1963

1st Stage 3a Volta a Catalunya

1st Stage 5 Circuit du Provençal

1st Stage 1 GP du Midi-Libre

2nd Saint-Gaudens

2nd GP du Parisien

1964

1st GP Pascuas

2nd Overall Vuelta a España

1st Stage 9

2nd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

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

7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclismo

8th Barcelona–Andorra

1966

1st Road Race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 15 Tour de France

1st Stage 10a Vuelta a España

1st GP Virgen Blanca

1st Vailly-sur-Sauldre

1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Ávila

1st Stage 1b Vuelta a Levante

6th Overall Gran Premio Fedrácion Catalana de Ciclismo

10th Overall Vuelta a Mallorca

References

External links

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

Luis Otaño