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 , 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 to Vigo 2 30 April Pontevedra to Lugo 3 1 May Lugo to Gijón 4a 2 May Mieres to Pajares Individual time trial 4b Pajares to Palencia 5 3 May Palencia to Madrid 6 4 May Madrid to Cuenca 7 5 May Albacete to Benidorm 8 6 May Benidorm to Sagunto 9 7 May Sagunto to Salou 10a 8 May Salou to Barcelona 10b Barcelona to Barcelona 11 9 May Barcelona to Andorra 12 10 May Andorra to Lleida 13 11 May Lleida to Zaragoza 14 12 May Zaragoza to Pamplona 15 13 May Pamplona to Bayonne (France) 16 14 May Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (France) to San Sebastián Individual time trial 17 15 May San Sebastián to Vitoria 18 16 May Vitoria to Bilbao Total
Results +Final general classificationRankRiderTeamTime 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)