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. ^[1] Julio Jiménez won the mountains classification while Rik Van Looy won the points classification.

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages ^{[2] [3]}

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 ^[4]

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

External links

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