1965 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
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Cavaria con Premezzo, Italy | |
  Cavaria con Premezzo | |
| Venue | Cavaria con Premezzo, Italy |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 February 1965 |
| Coordinates | 45°42′N 8°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]
