The Men's Individual Road Race of the 1965 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 5 September in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain.
The race was won by Great Britain's Tom Simpson, outsprinting Germany's Rudi Altig after the two had broken away with to go.
Final classification Source: Rank Rider Country Time Tom Simpson Rudi Altig Roger Swerts + 3'40" 4 Peter Post s.t. 5 Karl-Heinz Kunde s.t. 6 René Binggeli + 3' 50" 7 Arie Den Hartog s.t. 8 Franco Balmamion s.t. 9 Francisco Gabica s.t. 10 Jean Stablinski + 4' 58" 11 Antonio Gómez del Moral + 6' 06" 12 Bruno Mealli s.t. 13 Sebastián Elorza Uría + 7' 44" 14 Edward Sels + 9'06" 15 Valentín Uriona s.t. 16 Italo Zilioli s.t. 17 Fernando Manzaneque s.t. 18 Bernard Vandekerkhove s.t. 19 Barry Hoban + 9' 55" 20 Walter Godefroot + 12' 56" 21 Hans Junkermann s.t. 22 Joseph Groussard s.t. 23 Willi Altig s.t. 24 Winfried Bölke s.t. 25 Joseph Huysmans s.t. 26 Franco Cribiori s.t. 27 Michele Dancelli s.t. 28 Rolf Maurer s.t. 29 Eddy Merckx s.t. 30 João Roque s.t. 31 André Foucher s.t. 32 Eddy Schutz s.t. 33 Ginés García Perán s.t. 34 Adriano Passuello s.t. 35 Alan Ramsbottom s.t. 36 Gilbert Bellone s.t. 37 André Zimmermann s.t. 38 Werner Weber s.t. 39 Cornelius Haast s.t. 40 Gianni Motta s.t. 41 Guido De Rosso s.t. 42 Robert Hagmann s.t. 43 Jan Janssen s.t. 44 Jo de Roo s.t. 45 Gerben Karstens s.t. 46 Cornelis Lute s.t. 47 Leonel Miranda + 15' 33" 48 Luis Otaño s.t. 49 Mário Pereira Da Silva + 16' 00" 50 Dieter Wiedemann s.t. 51 Keith Butler s.t. 52 Peter Glemser s.t. 53 Vin Denson s.t. 54 Bill Lawrie s.t. 55 Jos van der Vleuten + 28' 00" 56 João Alves Peixoto s.t.
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