Tour 1965, sixty years ago happy gimondi surprised the world

It is July 14, 1965anniversary of the Bastille grip. At the Parco dei Principi of Paris an Italian travels the Giro of Honor in the yellow jersey. Therefore, He is 22 years old. For example, 9 months and 16 dayslives in Sedrina in Val Brembana and competes for Salvarani: is Felice Gimondi, rightly renamed ideal champion.

The Tour de France 1965 is his. Meanwhile, the whole of Italy, good at rolling up his sleeves in the fabulous 60s. Furthermore, The beautiful victory of Felice He created an enthusiasm similar to when Giovanni Roncalli was elected Pope for Bergamo. Meanwhile, his valleys. Consequently, The Tour de France 2025 was about to leave. However, Exactly 60 years have passed since the amazing success of Felice Gimondi in the most important stages in the world.

Gimondi tour 1965, sixty years ago established A record that cannot be underestimated. However, In 1964 he imposed himself in the Tour de l’Avenir, and the year following the “True” tour. In less than 12 months Felice won Tour Baby and Tour de France, chills. Therefore, Tadej Pogacar did not succeed even that the tour of the Avenir was awarded it in 2018. Therefore, the large boucle the “real” one in 2020, among other things at the end of the season due to Covid.

The Tour de France 1965 ended with Raymond Poulido 2nd in the Felicice’s 2’40” 2’40”, Mot 3rd to 9’18”. This is to tell you how great Italian cycling was in the Sessabta years. Moreover, And to think that Both Motta and Gimondi at the Giro di France 1965 did not even have to participate. Meanwhile, Gianni Motta in the spring went like a motorcycle and the champions were some times find witches tour 1965, sixty years ago under the wheels. Meanwhile, Gianni instead under the wheels ended us! It happened at the Giro di Romania (Switzerland) that Gianni Griffato Molteni would have won. While pedaling at the beginning of the stage in the rear of the group he was hit by a. “print” vehicle. The car passed over his leg by damaging a vein, the cursed one, which forced him to suffer for years. For Gianni goodbye Giro d’Italia. But the Molteni staff. or the DS Giorgio Albani and the mechanic Ernesto Colnago, decided to Gianni to deploy Tour de France: He was only 1000 kilometers of training in the post-legs in the leg. Motta competed on the tour in a mixed Molteni-Ignois.

Felice Gimondi. on the other hand, was a neoprofessionist of beautiful hopes that He was summoned to Extremis by Salvarani to play the tour to replace Captain Vittorio Adorni, or the triumpher of the tour 1965, sixty years ago Giro d’Italia 1965.

The ’65 tour started from Cologne (Germany) On June 22nd. entered France with the Belgian Bernard van de Kerckhove in yellow jersey. Already at the third stage, 240 kilometers with arrival in Rouen, the fiefdom of Jacques Anquetil, Gimondì scratched. He won the stage and wore the yellow jersey. He was a Gimondi capable of piloting the race with impetus from champion, however rational. In fact. at the end of the seventh stage in which Edward Sels triumphed in La Rochelle the young Bergamo left the yellow jersey in Van de Kerckhove.

Happy shooting on the Pyrenees, in Baggin de Bigorre (Ninth stage, 1st Julio Jimenez). The stop number 18 chronometer. 27 kilometers from Aix Les Bains to Mont Revard, was dominated by Felice which increased the advantage in the general classification. It took the icing on the cake for the man of the Val Brembana. Gimondi tour 1965, sixty years ago put it in the final time trial from Versailles at the Parco dei Principi Velodrome, 38 kilometers.

In the 1st chrono 1st, according to a Gianni Motta who in the last stages had grown considerably on condition. In that 4177 kilometer tour tour Veneto Adriano Durante and Giuseppe Fezzardi also won stages. The success of the stage “Peppe” Fezzardi got it in Gap. the heart of the Alps, where winning is never banal. Gimondi first in 3 stages plus final classification, Gianni Motta on the podium and two other Italian stage winners. Unfortunately it is an impossible balance to be reached for “blue pedal” these days.

There was a lot of Italy at the Parco dei Principi to applaud Gimondi and the Italians. The Parisian system hosted the final act of the Tour de France for the third time. After the epilogue of the 1967 tour, the Parc des tour 1965, sixty years ago Princes remained empty for 3 years. In 1970 it was demolished. rebuilt: now the cycling track is no longer there, it is a football system and the Paris Saint Germain plays us. Felice is no longer with us since August 16, 2019, now he looks at the tour from up there. Happy, make the Italians win.