1965 Giro d'Italia

1965 Giro d'Italia
Race details
Dates	15 May - 6 June 1965
Stages	22
Distance	4,051 km (2,517 mi)
Winning time	121h 08' 18"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Mountains
	Team
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The 1965 Giro d'Italia was the 48th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in San Marino, on 15 May, with a 295 km (183.3 mi) stage and concluded in Florence, on 6 June, with a 136 km (84.5 mi) leg. A total of 100 riders from 10 teams entered the 22-stage race, which was won by Italian Vittorio Adorni of the Salvarani team. The second and third places were taken by Italian riders Italo Zilioli and Felice Gimondi, respectively.^[1]^[2]

Teams

Ten teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1965 edition of the Giro d'Italia.^[3] Each team sent a squad of ten riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 100 cyclists.^[3] From the riders that began the race, 80 made it to the finish in Florence.^[4]

The teams entering the race were:^[3]

Route and stages

Vittorio Adorni wearing the pink jersey during the 20th stage

Aldo Moser navigating the snow atop the Stelvio Pass during the 20th stage

The race route was revealed to the public on 25 March 1965 by race director Vincenzo Torriani.^[5] San Marino hosted the start of the race, which marked the first time in race history that the race began outside of Italy.^[6] The small country only hosted the stage's start as the stage concluded in Perugia.^[6]

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]^[4]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
1	15 May	City of San Marino (San Marino) to Perugia	198 km (123 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Michele Dancelli (ITA)
2	16 May	Perugia to L'Aquila	180 km (112 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Guido Carlesi (ITA)
3	17 May	L'Aquila to Rocca di Cambio	199 km (124 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Luciano Galbo (ITA)
4	18 May	Rocca di Cambio to Benevento	239 km (149 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Adriano Durante (ITA)
5	19 May	Benevento to Avellino	175 km (109 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Michele Dancelli (ITA)
6	20 May	Avellino to Potenza	161 km (100 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vittorio Adorni (ITA)
7	21 May	Potenza to Maratea	164 km (102 mi)	Plain stage	Luciano Armani (ITA)
8	22 May	Maratea to Catanzaro	103 km (64 mi)	Plain stage	Frans Brands (BEL)
9	23 May	Catanzaro to Reggio Calabria	161 km (100 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Adriano Durante (ITA)
10	24 May	Messina to Palermo	260 km (162 mi)	Plain stage	Domenico Meldolesi (ITA)
11	25 May	Palermo to Agrigento	146 km (91 mi)	Plain stage	Guido Carlesi (ITA)
12	26 May	Agrigento to Siracusa	230 km (143 mi)	Plain stage	Raffaele Marcoli (ITA)
13	27 May	Catania to Taormina	50 km (31 mi)	Individual time trial	Vittorio Adorni (ITA)
	28 May	Rest day
14	29 May	Milan to Novi Ligure	100 km (62 mi)	Plain stage	Danilo Grassi (ITA)
15	30 May	Novi Ligure to Diano Marina	223 km (139 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bruno Mealli (ITA)
16	31 May	Diano Marina to Turin	205 km (127 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Aldo Pifferi (ITA)
17	1 June	Turin to Biandronno	163 km (101 mi)	Plain stage	Raffaele Marcoli (ITA)
18	2 June	Biandronno to Saas Fee (Switzerland)	178 km (111 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Italo Zilioli (ITA)
19	3 June	Saas Fee (Switzerland) to Madesimo	282 km (175 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vittorio Adorni (ITA)
20	4 June	Madesimo to Passo dello Stelvio	160 km (99 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Graziano Battistini (ITA)
21	5 June	Bormio to Brescia	179 km (111 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Franco Bitossi (ITA)
22	6 June	Brescia to Florence	295 km (183 mi)	Plain stage	René Binggeli (SUI)
	Total		4,051 km (2,517 mi)

Classification leadership

One jersey was worn during the 1965 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.^[7]

The mountains classification leader. Certain climbs were given different categories based on their difficulty, which each awarded different levels of points for each category. The first riders to the top of the climbs were awarded points. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the teams were awarded points for their rider's performance during the stages.^[7]

Classification leadership by stage
Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Team classification
1	Michele Dancelli	Michele Dancelli	Michele Dancelli	?
2	Guido Carlesi	Guido Carlesi	?
3	Luciano Galbo	Luciano Galbo	Vito Taccone & Antonio Bailetti
4	Adriano Durante	Albano Negro	Michele Dancelli
5	Michele Dancelli	Albano Negro
6	Vittorio Adorni	Vittorio Adorni
7	Luciano Armani	Vittorio Adorni
8	Frans Brands	Bruno Mealli
9	Adriano Durante
10	Domenico Meldolesi		?
11	Guido Carlesi
12	Raffaele Marcoli
13	Vittorio Adorni	Vittorio Adorni
14	Danilo Grassi
15	Bruno Mealli
16	Aldo Pifferi
17	Raffaele Marcoli
18	Italo Zilioli
19	Vittorio Adorni		Franco Bitossi
20	Graziano Battistini
21	Franco Bitossi
22	René Binggeli
Final		Vittorio Adorni	Franco Bitossi	Salvarani

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the General classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[4]^[8]
Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Vittorio Adorni (ITA)	Salvarani	121h 08' 18"
2	Italo Zilioli (ITA)	Sanson	+ 11' 26"
3	Felice Gimondi (ITA)	Salvarani	+ 12' 57"
4	Marcello Mugnaini (ITA)	Maino	+ 14' 30"
5	Franco Balmamion (ITA)	Sanson	+ 15' 05"
6	Vito Taccone (ITA)	Salvarani	+ 15' 33"
7	Franco Bitossi (ITA)	Filotex	+ 15' 37"
8	Roberto Poggiali (ITA)	Ignis	+ 19' 22"
9	Imerio Massignan (ITA)	Ignis	+ 19' 30"
10	Guido De Rosso (ITA)	Molteni	+ 21' 03"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[4]^[8]
	Name	Team	Points
1	Franco Bitossi (ITA)	Filotex	250
2	Vito Taccone (ITA)	Salvarani	160
3	Vittorio Adorni (ITA)	Salvarani	140
4	Italo Zilioli (ITA)	Sanson	110
5	Michele Dancelli (ITA)	Molteni	90
5	Marcello Mugnaini (ITA)	Maino	90
7	Antonio Bailetti (ITA)	Sanson	30
	Carlo Brugnami (ITA)	Molteni
	Silvano Schiavon (ITA)	Legnano
10	Franco Cribori (ITA)	Ignis	20
	Roberto Poggiali (ITA)	Ignis
	Angelo Ottaviani (ITA)	Vittadello
	Giancarlo Ferretti (ITA)	Legnano
	Imerio Massignan (ITA)	Ignis

References

Citations

^ "Tour d'Italie - Tour Victoire de Binggeli" [Tour of Italy - Victory Tower of Binggeli] (PDF). Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). 8 June 1965. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019 – via RERO.
^ "Alors que Binggeli gange la derniere etape, Adorni remporte le Tour d'Italie" [While Binggeli won the last stage, Adorni wins the Tour of Italy] (PDF). La Sentinelle (in French). 8 June 1965. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019 – via RERO.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Giro-sintesi" [The Tour in numbers] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 15 May 1965. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-12. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bill and Carol McGann. "1965 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
^ Attilio Camoriano (26 March 1965). "Questo il Giro d'Italia" [This is the Tour of Italy] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b Daniel Ostanek (12 May 2020). "A history of foreign starts at the Giro d'Italia". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Laura Weislo (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Il Giro in cifre" [The Tour in numbers] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 7 June 1965. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-12. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[FdAV_Fin-1] "Tour d'Italie - Tour Victoire de Binggeli" [Tour of Italy - Victory Tower of Binggeli] (PDF). Feuille d'Avis du Valais (in French). 8 June 1965. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019 – via RERO.

[LS_Fin-2] "Alors que Binggeli gange la derniere etape, Adorni remporte le Tour d'Italie" [While Binggeli won the last stage, Adorni wins the Tour of Italy] (PDF). La Sentinelle (in French). 8 June 1965. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019 – via RERO.

[LU_R-T-3] "Giro-sintesi" [The Tour in numbers] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 15 May 1965. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-12. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[BRI_1965-4] Bill and Carol McGann. "1965 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 2012-07-10.

[LU_Unv-5] Attilio Camoriano (26 March 1965). "Questo il Giro d'Italia" [This is the Tour of Italy] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[ForStart-6] Daniel Ostanek (12 May 2020). "A history of foreign starts at the Giro d'Italia". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[demystified-7] Laura Weislo (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

[LU_FC-8] "Il Giro in cifre" [The Tour in numbers] (PDF). l'Unità (in Italian). PCI. 7 June 1965. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-12. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

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