1965 Giro d'Italia
Route and stages
The race route was revealed to the public on 25 March 1965 by race director Vincenzo Torriani.

1965 Giro d'Italia

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The race route was revealed to the public on 25 March 1965 by race director Vincenzo Torriani.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	15 May	San Marino (San Marino) to Perugia	198 km (123 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Michele Dancelli (ITA)

2	16 May	Perugia to L'Aquila	180 km (112 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Guido Carlesi (ITA)

3	17 May	L'Aquila to Rocca di Cambio	199 km (124 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Luciano Galbo (ITA)

4	18 May	Rocca di Cambio to Benevento	239 km (149 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Adriano Durante (ITA)

5	19 May	Benevento to Avellino	175 km (109 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Michele Dancelli (ITA)

6	20 May	Avellino to Potenza	161 km (100 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vittorio Adorni (ITA)

7	21 May	Potenza to Maratea	164 km (102 mi)	Plain stage	Luciano Armani (ITA)

8	22 May	Maratea to Catanzaro	103 km (64 mi)	Plain stage	Frans Brands (BEL)

9	23 May	Catanzaro to Reggio Calabria	161 km (100 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Adriano Durante (ITA)

10	24 May	Messina to Palermo	260 km (162 mi)	Plain stage	Domenico Meldolesi (ITA)

11	25 May	Palermo to Agrigento	146 km (91 mi)	Plain stage	Guido Carlesi (ITA)

12	26 May	Agrigento to Siracusa	230 km (143 mi)	Plain stage	Raffaele Marcoli (ITA)

13	27 May	Catania to Taormina	50 km (31 mi)	Individual time trial	Vittorio Adorni (ITA)

28 May	Rest day

14	29 May	Milan to Novi Ligure	100 km (62 mi)	Plain stage	Danilo Grassi (ITA)

15	30 May	Novi Ligure to Diano Marina	223 km (139 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Bruno Mealli (ITA)

16	31 May	Diano Marina to Turin	205 km (127 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Aldo Pifferi (ITA)

17	1 June	Turin to Biandronno	163 km (101 mi)	Plain stage	Raffaele Marcoli (ITA)

18	2 June	Biandronno to Saas Fee (Switzerland)	178 km (111 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Italo Zilioli (ITA)

19	3 June	Saas Fee (Switzerland) to Madesimo	282 km (175 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vittorio Adorni (ITA)

20	4 June	Madesimo to Passo dello Stelvio	160 km (99 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Graziano Battistini (ITA)

21	5 June	Bormio to Brescia	179 km (111 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Franco Bitossi (ITA)

22	6 June	Brescia to Florence	295 km (183 mi)	Plain stage	René Binggeli (SUI)

Total	4,051 km (2,517 mi)

Sentence(s)

The Giro started in San Marino, on 15 May, and concluded in Florence, on 6 June.

final_sentence: The Giro started in San Marino, on 15 May, and concluded in Florence, on 6 June.