Original: For that reason , the Tour organisers asked Merckx not to start in 1973 ; instead he won the Vuelta a Espana , where he beat Luis Ocaña and Bernard Thévenet , and he won the Giro .
Simplified: In 1973 Merckx rode in the Vuelta a España where he beat Luis Ocana and Bernard Thévenet and then went on to win the Giro d'Italia .