Luis Ocaña, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luis Ocaña

Spanish racing cyclist

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1945

Place of Birth: Priego, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Date of Death: 19-May-1994

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía (pronounced [xe'sus 'lwis o'ka?a pe?'nia]; 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 back to back Tour champion Eddy Merckx, who was the best rider in the world at the time.
Ocaña would abandon many of the Tours that he entered, but he finished in the top 5 of the Vuelta a España on seven occasions.