1965 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The Men's Individual Road Race of the 1965 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 5 September in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain.

Men's Individual Road Race
1965 UCI Road World Championships
Later picture of Tom Simpson in the rainbow jersey
Later picture of Tom Simpson in the rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates5 September 1965
Stages1
Distance267.4 km (166.2 mi)
Winning time6h 39' 19"[1]
Medalists
  Gold Tom Simpson (GBR)(Great Britain)
  Silver Rudi Altig (GER)(Germany)
  Bronze Roger Swerts (BEL)(Belgium)
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The race was won by Great Britain's Tom Simpson, outsprinting Germany's Rudi Altig after the two had broken away with 40 km (24.9 mi) to go.[2]

Final classification edit

Source:[3]

RankRiderCountryTime
Tom Simpson  Great Britain6h 39' 19"
Rudi Altig  Germanys.t.
Roger Swerts  Belgium+ 3'40"
4Peter Post  Netherlandss.t.
5Karl-Heinz Kunde  Germanys.t.
6René Binggeli  Switzerland+ 3' 50"
7Arie Den Hartog  Netherlandss.t.
8Franco Balmamion  Italys.t.
9Francisco Gabica  Spains.t.
10Jean Stablinski  France+ 4' 58"
11Antonio Gómez del Moral  Spain+ 6' 06"
12Bruno Mealli  Italys.t.
13Sebastián Elorza Uría  Spain+ 7' 44"
14Edward Sels  Belgium+ 9'06"
15Valentín Uriona  Spains.t.
16Italo Zilioli  Italys.t.
17Fernando Manzaneque  Spains.t.
18Bernard Vandekerkhove  Belgiums.t.
19Barry Hoban  Great Britain+ 9' 55"
20Walter Godefroot  Belgium+ 12' 56"
21Hans Junkermann  Germanys.t.
22Joseph Groussard  Frances.t.
23Willi Altig  Germanys.t.
24Winfried Bölke  Germanys.t.
25Joseph Huysmans  Belgiums.t.
26Franco Cribiori  Italys.t.
27Michele Dancelli  Italys.t.
28Rolf Maurer  Switzerlands.t.
29Eddy Merckx  Belgiums.t.
30João Roque  Portugals.t.
31André Foucher  Frances.t.
32Eddy Schutz  Luxembourgs.t.
33Ginés García Perán  Spains.t.
34Adriano Passuello  Italys.t.
35Alan Ramsbottom  Great Britains.t.
36Gilbert Bellone  Frances.t.
37André Zimmermann  Frances.t.
38Werner Weber  Switzerlands.t.
39Cornelius Haast  Netherlandss.t.
40Gianni Motta  Italys.t.
41Guido De Rosso  Italys.t.
42Robert Hagmann  Switzerlands.t.
43Jan Janssen  Netherlandss.t.
44Jo de Roo  Netherlandss.t.
45Gerben Karstens  Netherlandss.t.
46Cornelis Lute  Netherlandss.t.
47Leonel Miranda  Portugal+ 15' 33"
48Luis Otaño  Spains.t.
49Mário Pereira Da Silva  Portugal+ 16' 00"
50Dieter Wiedemann  Germanys.t.
51Keith Butler  Great Britains.t.
52Peter Glemser  Germanys.t.
53Vin Denson  Great Britains.t.
54Bill Lawrie  Australias.t.
55Jos van der Vleuten  Netherlands+ 28' 00"
56João Alves Peixoto  Portugals.t.

References edit

  1. ^ "World Championship, Road, Profs 1965". Cycling Archives. de Wielersite. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Tom Simpson: Britain's first pro road champion". Cycling Weekly. London: IPC Media. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. ^ "World Championships 1965: results Men". The-Sports.org. Québec, Canada: Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 13 October 2021.