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.