Jesús Aranzabal Explained

Jesús Aranzabal
Birth Date:25 December 1939
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1964
Proteam1:Inuri
Proyears2:1965
Proteam2:GAC–Mobylette
Proyears3:1966–1969
Proyears4:1970–1972
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Vuelta a España

1 individual stage (1972)Stage races

Vuelta a Andalucía (1966)

Jesús Aranzabal Ojanguren (25 December 1939 – 27 September 2023) was a Spanish professional cyclist. Professional from 1964 to 1972, he notably won a stage of the 1972 Vuelta a España and the general classification of the 1966 Vuelta a Andalucía.[1] He also finished 2nd and won a stage of the 1970 Tour of the Basque Country. Aranzabal died on 27 September 2023, at the age of 83.[2]

Major results

1963
  • 1st Overall Vuelta al Bidasoa
    1966
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
  • 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
  • 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Ávila
    1967
  • 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    1968
  • 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Mallorca
  • 3rd National Road Race Championships
  • 3rd Trofeo Baracchi
    1970
  • 2nd National Road Race Championships
  • 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 3rd Klasika Primavera
    1971
  • 1st Stages 4 & 6b Volta a Portugal
    1972
  • 1st Stage 17a Vuelta a España

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Jesús Aranzabal . ProCyclingStats . 5 April 2020.
    2. https://www.diariovasco.com/deportes/ciclismo/fallece-jesus-aranzabal-locomotora-fagor-bic-20230927183751-nt.html Fallece Jesús Aranzabal, locomotora de Fagor y Bic