Luciano Armani (12 October 1940 – 4 February 2023)[1] was an Italian professional road bicycle racer.

[2] In the 1971 Tour de France, Luis Ocaña was leading the race after his great victory in the 11th stage, Eddy Merckx was more than 10 minutes behind.

In the peloton, the teams of Luis Ocaña and Cyrille Guimard (the holder of the green jersey) were trying to get the group back.

Because of the high speed of the stage (45,351 km/h), the finish was reached 90 minutes faster than the fastest time schedule of the organizers, which caused a chaos.

The latest group of cyclists had to fight to finish the race in the allowed time limit, even though they did the 245 km in more than 42 km/h.