The 49th Tour of Flanders

cycling classic The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar. Some of these events date back to the 19th century. They are normally held at roughly the same time each year. The five most ...

was held on Saturday, 17 April 1965. The race was won by Dutch rider

Jo de Roo Johan De Roo (born 5 July 1937) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist between 1958 and 1968. During 11 seasons as a professional he had six victories in single-day classics, three stages of the Tour de France and one stage of the Vu ...

in a two-man sprint with

Edward Sels Edward Sels (born 27 August 1941 at Vorselaar, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven stage ...

.Vanwalleghem, Rik (1991), De Ronde van Vlaanderen, Pinguin, Belgium, , p 144 51 of 119 riders finished.

Route

The race started in

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...

and finished in Gentbrugge – covering 240 km. There were six categorized climbs:

Results

References

External links

Video of the 1965 Tour of Flanders
on Sporza (in Dutch) Tour of Flanders 1965 in road cycling 1965 in Belgian sport 1965 Super Prestige Pernod {{TourofFlanders-race-stub