| | |
| Venue | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 February 1965 |
| Coordinates | 45°42′N8°48′E / 45.700°N 8.800°E |
| Cyclists participating | 41 |
| Events | 1 |
The 1965 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Cavaria con Premezzo, Italy on Sunday February 14, 1965. It was the 16th edition of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. [1]
Twelve teams participated, setting a new record. As in the previous year, teams came from Algeria, Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, and Czechoslovakia; Bulgaria also participated for the first time with one driver. [2]
Renato Longo and Rolf Wolfshohl, who had each won three of the last six World Championships, broke away from the competition in the first lap and built up a lead of up to one and a half minutes. [3] In the final running section, approximately 1 km from the finish, Longo managed to create the decisive gap and won by 13 seconds. Amerigo Severini finished third. The race was watched by around 20,000 spectators. [4]
| RANK | 1965 UCI CYCLO-CROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| | 00:58:23 | |
| | + 0:13 | |
| | + 1:21 | |
| 4. | + 2:09 | |
| 5. | + 3:06 | |
| 6. | + 3:32 | |
| 7. | + 3:45 | |
| 8. | + 3:46 | |
| 9. | + 3:50 | |
| 10. | + 4:26 |