The 20th Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 16 May 1965. It consisted of 18 stages covering a total of 3,410 km (2,120 mi), and was won by Rolf Wolfshohl of the Mercier cycling team.[1] Julio Jiménez won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy won the points classification.
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| Dates | 29 April – 16 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,410 km (2,119 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 92h 36' 03" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams and riders edit
Route edit
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 29 April | Vigo – Vigo | 168 km (104 mi) |  Rik Van Looy (BEL)
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| 2 | 30 April | Pontevedra – Lugo | 150 km (93 mi) | Rik Van Looy (BEL)
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| 3 | 1 May | Lugo – Gijón | 247 km (153 mi) |  Rudi Altig (FRG)
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| 4a | 2 May | Mieres – Pajares | 41 km (25 mi) | 
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Individual time trial |  Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
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| 4b | 2 May | Pajares – Palencia | 189 km (117 mi) |  Carlos Echeverría (ESP)
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| 5 | 3 May | Palencia – Madrid | 238 km (148 mi) | Fernando Manzaneque (ESP)
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| 6 | 4 May | Madrid – Cuenca | 161 km (100 mi) | Manuel Martín Piñera (ESP)
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| 7 | 5 May | Albacete – Benidorm | 212 km (132 mi) | Rik Van Looy (BEL)
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| 8 | 6 May | Benidorm – Sagunto | 174 km (108 mi) | Jean-Claude Wuillemin (FRA)
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| 9 | 7 May | Sagunto – Salou | 237 km (147 mi) | Rik Van Looy (BEL)
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| 10a | 8 May | Salou – Barcelona | 115 km (71 mi) | Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)
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| 10b | 8 May | Barcelona – Barcelona | 50 km (31 mi) | Julio Jiménez (ESP)
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| 11 | 9 May | Barcelona – Andorra | 241 km (150 mi) | Esteban Martín (ESP)
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| 12 | 10 May | Andorra – Lleida | 158 km (98 mi) | Rik Van Looy (BEL)
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| 13 | 11 May | Lleida – Zaragoza | 190 km (118 mi) | José Martín Colmenarejo (ESP)
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| 14 | 12 May | Zaragoza – Pamplona | 193 km (120 mi) | Rik Van Looy (BEL)
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| 15 | 13 May | Pamplona – Bayonne (France) | 149 km (93 mi) | Rik Van Looy (BEL)
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| 16 | 14 May | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (France) – San Sebastián | 61 km (38 mi) |
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Individual time trial | Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
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| 17 | 15 May | San Sebastián – Vitoria | 214 km (133 mi) | Rik Van Looy (BEL)
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| 18 | 16 May | Vitoria – Bilbao | 222 km (138 mi) | Manuel Martín Piñera (ESP)
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| Total | 3,410 km (2,119 mi) | |||||
Results edit
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Rolf Wolfshohl |
Mercier-BP-Hutchinson | 92h 36' 03" |
| 2 | Raymond Poulidor |
Mercier-BP-Hutchinson | + 6' 36" |
| 3 | Rik Van Looy |
Solo-Superia | + 8' 55" |
| 4 | Fernando Manzaneque |
Ferrys | + 12' 48" |
| 5 | Carlos Echeverría |
Kas | + 15' 54" |
| 6 | Francisco Gabica |
Kas | + 20' 03" |
| 7 | Hans Junkermann |
Inuri-Margnat | + 20' 13" |
| 8 | Jean-Claude Wuillemin |
Ford-Gitane | + 20' 13" |
| 9 | Antonio Gómez del Moral |
Kas | + 23' 04" |
| 10 | Federico Bahamontes |
Inuri-Margnat | + 23' 13" |
| 11 | Lucien Aimar |
Ford-Gitane | |
| 12 | Jean-Claude Lebaube |
Ford-Gitane | |
| 13 | Victor Van Schil |
Mercier-BP-Hutchinson | |
| 14 | Luis Otaño |
Ferrys | |
| 15 | Frans Verbeeck |
Wiels-Groene Leeuw | |
| 16 | Joaquin Galera |
Kas | |
| 17 | Sebastián Elorza |
Kas | |
| 18 | Eddy Pauwels |
Wiels-Groene Leeuw | |
| 19 | Jef Planckaert |
Solo-Superia | |
| 20 | Michel Grain |
Ford-Gitane | |
| 21 | Manuel Martín Piñera |
Kas | |
| 22 | Joseph Timmerman |
Wiels-Groene Leeuw | |
| 23 | Ventura Díaz |
Olsa | |
| 24 | Jaime Alomar Florit |
Ferrys | |
| 25 | Armand Desmet |
Solo-Superia |
References edit
- ^ "General Information 1965". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
- ^ "1965 » 20th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "20ème Vuelta a España 1965". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
- ^ "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 May 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 2 August 2018.