1965 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

1965 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
Cavaria con Premezzo
Venue Cavaria con Premezzo, Italy
Date (1965-02-14)14 February 1965
Coordinates45°42′N 8°48′E / 45.700°N 8.800°E / 45.700; 8.800
Cyclists participating41
Events1

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]

Men's Elite

RANK 1965 UCI CYCLO-CROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME
 Renato Longo (ITA) 00:58:23
 Rolf Wolfshohl (BRD) + 0:13
 Amerigo Severini (ITA) + 1:21
4.  Roger De Clercq (BEL) + 2:09
5.  Amelio Mendijur (ESP) + 3:06
6.  Albert Van Damme (BEL) + 3:32
7.  Pierre Bernet (FRA) + 3:45
8.  Léon Scheirs (BEL) + 3:46
9.  Joseph Mahé (FRA) + 3:50
10.  Huub Harings (NED) + 4:26

Notes

  1. ^ "World Championship 1965". FirstCycling.com. 21 December 2025.
  2. ^ "UCI World Championships Cyclocross 1965 - Results". cyclocross24.com. 1 December 2022.
  3. ^ "1965  » UCI World Championship (WC)". procyclingstats.com. 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ "World Championschip Cyclo-Cross". wielerflits.be (in Dutch). 21 December 2025.