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1965 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	29 April – 16 May
Stages	18
Distance	3,410 km (2,119 mi)
Winning time	92h 36' 03"
Results
Winner  Rolf Wolfshohl (FRG) (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson)   Second  Raymond Poulidor (FRA) (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson)   Third  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (Solo-Superia) Points  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (Solo-Superia)   Mountains  Julio Jiménez (ESP) (Kas–Kaskol)   Sprints  José Segu (ESP) (Montjuich – Tedi)
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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. Julio Jiménez won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy won the points classification.

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	29 April	Vigo – Vigo	168 km (104 mi)			Rik Van Looy (BEL)
2	30 April	Pontevedra – Lugo	150 km (93 mi)			Rik Van Looy (BEL)
3	1 May	Lugo – Gijón	247 km (153 mi)			Rudi Altig (FRG)
4a	2 May	Mieres – Pajares	41 km (25 mi)		Individual time trial	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
4b	2 May	Pajares – Palencia	189 km (117 mi)			Carlos Echeverría (ESP)
5	3 May	Palencia – Madrid	238 km (148 mi)			Fernando Manzaneque (ESP)
6	4 May	Madrid – Cuenca	161 km (100 mi)			Manuel Martín Piñera (ESP)
7	5 May	Albacete – Benidorm	212 km (132 mi)			Rik Van Looy (BEL)
8	6 May	Benidorm – Sagunto	174 km (108 mi)			Jean-Claude Wuillemin (FRA)
9	7 May	Sagunto – Salou	237 km (147 mi)			Rik Van Looy (BEL)
10a	8 May	Salou – Barcelona	115 km (71 mi)			Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)
10b	8 May	Barcelona – Barcelona	50 km (31 mi)			Julio Jiménez (ESP)
11	9 May	Barcelona – Andorra	241 km (150 mi)			Esteban Martín (ESP)
12	10 May	Andorra – Lleida	158 km (98 mi)			Rik Van Looy (BEL)
13	11 May	Lleida – Zaragoza	190 km (118 mi)			José Martín Colmenarejo (ESP)
14	12 May	Zaragoza – Pamplona	193 km (120 mi)			Rik Van Looy (BEL)
15	13 May	Pamplona – Bayonne (France)	149 km (93 mi)			Rik Van Looy (BEL)
16	14 May	Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (France) – San Sebastián	61 km (38 mi)		Individual time trial	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
17	15 May	San Sebastián – Vitoria	214 km (133 mi)			Rik Van Looy (BEL)
18	16 May	Vitoria – Bilbao	222 km (138 mi)			Manuel Martín Piñera (ESP)
	Total		3,410 km (2,119 mi)

Results

Final general classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
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

1. "General Information 1965". La Vuelta.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
2. "1965  » 20th Vuelta a Espana". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
3. "20ème Vuelta a España 1965". Memoire du cyclisme (in French). Archived from the original on 25 October 2004.
4. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 May 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links

• La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)

• 1965 Vuelta a España
• 1965 in road cycling
• Vuelta a España by year
• 1965 in Spanish sport
• 1965 Super Prestige Pernod