1965 Tour de France
Route of the 1965 Tour de France
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| Dates | 22 June – 14 July | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 22, including two split stages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 4,188 km (2,602 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 116h 42' 06" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Felice Gimondi (ITA)
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(Salvarani) |
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| Second |
 Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
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(Mercier–BP–Hutchinson) | |
| Third |
Gianni Motta (ITA)
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(Molteni–Ignis) | |
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Points |
 Jan Janssen (NED)
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(Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune) |
| Mountains |
 Julio Jiménez (ESP)
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(Kas–Kaskol) | |
| Team | Kas–Kaskol | ||
The 1965 Tour de France was the 54th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 22 June and 14 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,188 km (2,602 mi). 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.
Gimondi would go on to become one of only six riders, the others being Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali 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, and only the third time it started outside France), and it was the first time the start ramp was used in time trials.
Jan Janssen, who won the points classification the previous year successfully defended his title; he would go on to 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.
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