The 20th ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance
bicycle
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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
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of the
Mercier cycling team
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.
Julio Jiménez won the mountains classification while
Rik Van Looy
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won the points classification.
Teams and riders
Route
Results
References
External links
La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)
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1965 in road cycling
1965
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1965 in Spanish sport
1965 Super Prestige Pernod