Luis Otaño

Luis Otaño
Personal information
Full name	Luis Otaño Arcelus
Born	26 January 1934 (age 90); Errenteria, Spain
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1957	Real Union Irun–Hojas Palmera
1958	Caobania–S.D. Beasain
1958	Mobylette GAC
1959	Licor 43
1959	Peugeot–BP–Dunlop
1960–1961	Saint-Raphael–Geminiani
1961	Licor 43
1962–1963	Margnat–Paloma
1964–1965	Fagor
1966–1968	Ferrys

Luis Otaño Arcelus (born 26 January 1934 in Errenteria, Gipuzkoa)^[1] 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

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

1st Stage 9

3rd Road Race, National Road Championships

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

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