1965 Tour de France - Race Details

Race Details

Jan Janssen, who won the points classification the previous year successfully defended his title; he would go onto 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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