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1965 Tour de France
Race details
Dates		22 June–14 July 1965
Stages		22 (24 including split stages)
Distance		4,177 km (2,595 mi)
Winning time		116h 42' 06" (35.886 km/h or 22.299 mph)
Palmarès
	Winner	Felice Gimondi (Italy)	(Salvarani)
	Second	Raymond Poulidor (France)	(Mercier)
	Third	Gianni Motta (Italy)	(Molteni)

	Points	Jan Janssen (Netherlands)	(Pelforth)
	Mountains	Julio Jiménez (Spain)	(Kas)
	Team	Kas
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The 1965 Tour de France was memorable for a number of reasons. In his first year as a professional, Felice Gimondi, a substitute replacement on the Salvarani team, captures the overall title ahead of Raymond Poulidor, last year's second place finisher. The 52nd edition of the Grand Boucle was counter-clockwise (Pyrenees first) and consisted of 22 stages and 4,177 km (2,595 mi) with an average speed of 35.886 km/h (22.3 mph).^[1]

Gimondi would go on to become one of only five riders, the others being Alberto Contador and five-time Tour winners Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault, to have won all three of the major Tours. Besides Gimondi's first tour and win, it was a first for other reasons: the 1965 Tour started in Cologne, Germany (the first time the Tour started in Germany,^[2] and only the third time it started outside France), and it was the first time the start ramp was used in time trials.

Contents

1 Participants
2 Race details
3 Stages
4 Classification leadership
5 Results
6 References

Participants

The 1965 Tour started with 130 cyclists, divided into 13 teams of 10 cyclists:^[2]

Ford France-Gitane-Dunlop
Margnat-Paloma-Inuri-Dunlop
Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune-Wolber
Peugeot-BP-Michelin
Flandria-Romeo
Solo-Superia

Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
Televizier
Ferrys
Kas-Kaskol
Molteni-Ignis
Salvarani

The Molteni-Ignis team was a combined team, with 5 cyclists from Molteni and 5 from Ignis.

Jacques Anquetil, who won the previous four Tours de France (1961–1964), did not participate in this tour; this made Raymond Poulidor, who became second in the previous Tour, the main favourite.^[2]

Race details

Jan Janssen, who won the points classification the previous year successfully defended his title; he would go onto win another points title in 1967 and the overall title at the 1968 Tour de France.

Julio Jiménez won two stages and his first of three consecutive mountains classification. Jiminez also won the mountains classification at the 1965 Vuelta a España—becoming one of (now) four riders to complete the Tour/Vuelta double by winning both races' mountains competitions in the same year.

Stages

The 1965 Tour de France started on 22 June, and had one rest day in Barcelona.^[3]

Stage results^[2]^[4]
Stage	Date	Route	Terrain	Length	Winner
1A	22 June	Cologne – Liège	Plain stage	149 km (93 mi)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
1B	22 June	Liège – Liège	Team time trial	22.5 km (14.0 mi)	Ford-France-Gitane
2	23 June	Liège – Roubaix	Plain stage	200.5 km (124.6 mi)	Bernard Van De Kerkhove (BEL)
3	24 June	Roubaix – Rouen	Plain stage	240 km (150 mi)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
4	25 June	Caen – Saint-Brieuc	Plain stage	227 km (141 mi)	Edgard Sorgeloos (BEL)
5A	26 June	Saint-Brieuc – Châteaulin	Plain stage	147 km (91 mi)	Cees van Espen (NED)
5B	26 June	Châteaulin – Châteaulin	Individual time trial	26.7 km (16.6 mi)	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
6	27 June	Quimper – La Baule-Pornichet	Plain stage	210.5 km (130.8 mi)	Guido Reybroeck (BEL)
7	28 June	La Baule-Pornichet – La Rochelle	Plain stage	219 km (136 mi)	Edward Sels (BEL)
8	29 June	La Rochelle – Bordeaux	Plain stage	197.5 km (122.7 mi)	Johan de Roo (NED)
9	30 June	Dax – Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Stage with mountain(s)	226.5 km (140.7 mi)	Julio Jiménez (ESP)
10	1 July	Bagnères-de-Bigorre – Ax-les-Thermes	Stage with mountain(s)	222.5 km (138.3 mi)	Guido Reybroeck (BEL)
11	2 July	Ax-les-Thermes – Barcelona	Stage with mountain(s)	240.5 km (149.4 mi)	José Perez-Frances (ESP)
12	4 July	Barcelona – Perpignan	Plain stage	219 km (136 mi)	Jan Janssen (NED)
13	5 July	Perpignan – Montpellier	Plain stage	164 km (102 mi)	Adriano Durante (ITA)
14	6 July	Montpellier – Mont Ventoux	Stage with mountain(s)	173 km (107 mi)	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
15	7 July	Carpentras – Gap	Stage with mountain(s)	167.5 km (104.1 mi)	Giuseppe Fezzardi (ITA)
16	8 July	Gap – Briançon	Stage with mountain(s)	177 km (110 mi)	Joaquim Galera (ESP)
17	9 July	Briançon – Aix-les-Bains	Stage with mountain(s)	193.5 km (120.2 mi)	Julio Jiménez (ESP)
18	10 July	Aix-les-Bains – Le Revard	Individual time trial with mountain(s)	26.9 km (16.7 mi)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
19	11 July	Aix-les-Bains – Lyon	Stage with mountain(s)	165 km (103 mi)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
20	12 July	Lyon – Auxerre	Plain stage	198.5 km (123.3 mi)	Michael Wright (GBR)
21	13 July	Auxerre – Versailles	Plain stage	225.5 km (140.1 mi)	Gerben Karstens (NED)
22	14 July	Versailles – Paris	Individual time trial	37.8 km (23.5 mi)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)

Classification leadership

Stage	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
1a	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Frans Brands (BEL)	Solo
1b	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Rik Van Looy (BEL)
2	Bernard Van De Kerckhove (BEL)	Bernard Van De Kerckhove (BEL)
3	Felice Gimondi (ITA)
4
5a				Televizier
5b				Solo
6		Guido Reybrouck (BEL)
7	Bernard Van De Kerckhove (BEL)	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)
8	Bernard Van De Kerckhove (BEL)	Jo de Roo (NED)
9	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Julio Jiménez (ESP)	Peugeot
10		Jo de Roo (NED)
11
12
13
14		Jan Janssen (NED)		Pelforth
15				Pelforth
16				KAS
17
18
19
20
21
22
Final	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Jan Janssen (NED)	Julio Jiménez (ESP)	KAS

Results

There were several classifications in the 1965 Tour de France, two of them awarding jerseys to their leaders. The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour.^[5]

Additionally, there was a points classification. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and was identified with a green jersey.^[5]

There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorized some climbs as either first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, but was not identified with a jersey.^[5]

For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that lead this classification wore yellow caps.^[6]

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[2]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Salvarani	116h 42' 06"
2	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)	Mercier	+2' 40"
3	Gianni Motta (ITA)	Molteni	+9' 18"
4	Henry Anglade (FRA)	Pelforth	+12' 43"
5	Jean-Claude Lebaube (FRA)	Ford	+12' 56"
6	José Perez-Frances (ESP)	Ferrys	+13' 15"
7	Guido De Rosso (ITA)	Molteni	+14' 48"
8	Frans Brands (BEL)	Flandria	+17' 36"
9	Jan Janssen (NED)	Pelforth	+17' 52"
10	Francisco Gabica (ESP)	KAS	+19' 11"

Final general classification (11–81)
Rank	Name	Team	Time
11	Karl-Heinz Kunde (GER)	Wiel's	+19' 21"
12	Roger Pingeon (FRA)	Peugeot	+20' 32"
13	Valentin Uriona (ESP)	KAS	+24' 34"
14	Henri Duez (FRA)	Peugeot	+25' 07"
15	Renzo Fontona (ITA)	Molteni	+25' 31"
16	Gilbert Desmet 1 (BEL)	Wiel's	+28' 04"
17	André Zimmermann (FRA)	Peugeot	+29' 35"
18	André Foucher (FRA)	Pelforth	+29' 53"
19	Arnaldo Pambianco (ITA)	Salvarani	+32' 48"
20	Louis Rostollan (FRA)	Ford	+34' 51"
21	Walter Boucquet (BEL)	Flandria	+34' 52"
22	Angelino Soler (ESP)	Peugeot	+36' 36"
23	Julio Jiménez (ESP)	KAS	+36' 45"
24	Michael Wright (GBR)	Wiel's	+40' 11"
25	Fernando Manzaneque (ESP)	Ferrys	+40' 38"
26	Sebastian Elorza (ESP)	KAS	+42' 00"
27	Gines Garcia (ESP)	Margnat	+43' 23"
28	Hans Junkermann (GER)	Margnat	+43' 34"
29	Rik Wouters (NED)	Televizier	+43' 45"
30	Luis Otano (ESP)	Ferrys	+47' 07"
31	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Solo	+47' 29"
32	Hubert Harings (NED)	Televizier	+47' 30"
33	Jean-Louis Bodin (FRA)	Mercier	+47' 49"
34	José-Antonio Momene (ESP)	KAS	+46' 01"
35	Michel Van Aerde (BEL)	Solo	+49' 16"
36	Giuseppe Fezzardi (ITA)	Molteni	+50' 05"
37	Joaquin Galera (ESP)	KAS	+50' 55"
38	Raymond Mastrotto (FRA)	Margnat	+52' 00"
39	Georges Vandenberghe (BEL)	Flandria	+52' 54"
40	Roger Swerts (BEL)	Mercier	+53' 10"
41	Victor Van Schil (BEL)	Mercier	+53' 44"
42	Willy Monty (BEL)	Pelforth	+54' 12"
43	François Mahé (FRA)	Pelforth	+54' 29"
44	Eduardo Castello (ESP)	Ferrys	+54' 49"
45	Auguste Verhaegen (BEL)	Wiel's	+56' 11"
46	Juan-José Sagarduy (ESP)	KAS	+57' 09"
47	Benoni Beheyt (BEL)	Wiel's	+57' 52"
48	Gilbert Desmet 2 (BEL)	Wiel's	+58' 08"
49	René Binggeli (SUI)	Molteni	+59' 12"
50	Henk Nijdam (NED)	Televizier	+1h 02' 02"
51	Bas Maliepaard (NED)	Televizier	+1h 03' 42"
52	Johnny Schleck (LUX)	Pelforth	+1h 04' 17"
53	Carlos Echevarria (ESP)	KAS	+1h 04' 19"
54	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)	Flandria	+1h 05' 14"
55	Jo De Roo (NED)	Televizier	+1h 05' 55"
56	Joseph Planckaert (BEL)	Solo	+1h 08' 36"
57	Gerben Karstens (NED)	Televizier	+1h 12' 51"
58	Pietro Partesotti (ITA)	Salvarani	+1h 12' 53"
59	Roland Van de Rijse (BEL)	Flandria	+1h 12' 58"
60	Henri Dewolf (BEL)	Solo	+1h 13' 45"
61	Frans Aerenhouts (BEL)	Mercier	+1h 15' 10"
62	Jacques Bachelot (FRA)	Margnat	+1h 16' 04"
63	Adriano Portaluppi (ITA)	Molteni	+1h 17' 54"
64	Robert Cazala (FRA)	Mercier	+1h 20' 18"
65	Esteban Martin (ESP)	Ferrys	+1h 20' 51"
66	Anatole Novak (FRA)	Ford	+1h 22' 08"
67	Cees Lute (NED)	Ford	+1h 22' 22"
68	Italo Mazzacurati (ITA)	Salvarani	+1h 23' 33"
69	Joseph Timmermann (BEL)	Wiel's	+1h 24' 45"
70	Gilberto Vendemmiati (ITA)	Salvarani	+1h 25' 45"
71	Jean Gainche (FRA)	Mercier	+1h 27' 06"
72	Noël Depauw (BEL)	Solo	+1h 27' 49"
73	Adriano Durante (ITA)	Molteni	+1h 28' 05"
74	Remo Stefanoni (ITA)	Molteni	+1h 28' 11"
75	Jean-Pierre Genet (FRA)	Mercier	+1h 31' 07"
76	Rogelio Hernandez (ESP)	Ferrys	+1h 31' 39"
77	Jo De Haan (NED)	Televizier	+1h 37' 16"
78	Ambrogio Colombo (ITA)	Molteni	+1h 37' 26"
79	Francis Blanc (FRA)	Salvarani	+1h 40' 43"
80	Guillaume Van Tongerloo (BEL)	Flandria	+1h 41' 28"
81	Yvo Molenaers (BEL)	Flandria	+1h 41' 42"
82	Jean-Claude Lefebvre (FRA)	Pelforth	+1h 43' 26"
83	Michel Grain (FRA)	Ford	+1h 43' 26"
84	Edgar Sorgeloos (BEL)	Solo	+1h 43' 51"
85	Antonio Bertran (ESP)	Ferrys	+1h 45' 30"
86	Diego Ronchini (ITA)	Salvarani	+1h 46' 32"
87	Vin Denson (GBR)	Ford	+1h 46' 36"
88	François Le Her (FRA)	Margnat	+1h 48' 48"
89	Giacomo Fornoni (ITA)	Molteni	+1h 49' 12"
90	Leo Van Dongen (NED)	Televizier	+1h 49' 28"
91	Mario Minieri (ITA)	Salvarani	+1h 53' 34"
92	Hubert Ferrer (FRA)	Pelforth	+2h 03' 47"
93	André Darrigade (FRA)	Margnat	+2h 14' 18"
94	Jean Milesi (FRA)	Margnat	+2h 22' 38"
95	Raul Rey (ESP)	Ferrys	+2h 23' 37"
96	Joseph Groussard (FRA)	Pelforth	+2h 37' 38"

Points classification

The points classification was won by Jan Janssen.

Final points classification (1–10)^[7]
Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jan Janssen (NED)	Pelforth	144
2	Guido Reybrouck (BEL)	Flandria	130
3	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Salvarani	124
4	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Solo	109
5	Michael Wright (GBR)	Wiel's	98
6	Georges Vandenberghe (BEL)	Flandria	94
7	Benoni Beheyt (BEL)	Wiel's	85
8	Frans Brands (BEL)	Flandria	84
8	Julio Jiménez (ESP)	KAS	84
8	Gianni Motta (ITA)	Molteni	84

Mountains classification

The Mountains classification was won by Julio Jiménez.

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[7]
Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Julio Jiménez (ESP)	KAS	131
2	Frans Brands (BEL)	Flandria	73
3	Joaquin Galera (ESP)	KAS	68
4	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Salvarani	55
5	Raymond Poulidor (FRA)	Mercier	50
6	Henri Anglade (FRA)	Pelforth	47
7	Gianni Motta (ITA)	Molteni	44
8	José Perez-Frances (ESP)	Ferrys	43
9	Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Solo	30
10	Francisco Gabica (ESP)	KAS	25

Team classification

The team classification was won by KAS.

Final team classification^[7]
Rank	Team	Time
1	KAS	349h 29' 19"
2	Pelforth	+16' 08"
3	Molteni	+16' 35"
4	Peugeot	+21' 36"
5	Wiel's	+36' 03"
6	Salvarani	+38' 17"
7	Ferrys	+46' 51"
8	Mercier	+50' 21"
9	Televizier	+54' 51"
10	Ford	+1h 03' 52"
11	Flandria	+1h 10' 43"
12	Solo	+1h 17' 08"
13	Margnat	+1h 31' 09"

Other classifications

The combativity award was given to Felice Gimondi.^[1]

Final combativity classification (1–3)^[7]
Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Salvarani	80
2	Henri Anglade (FRA)	Pelforth	58
3	Frans Brands (BEL)	Flandria	56

References

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