Turin becomes the second city to hold all three grand tours - but which was the other city?

Today the first 3 stages of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana were announced, and the Spanish grand tour will begin in Piedmont, Italy. In just the sixth time the Vuelta has begun outside of Spain, Turin will become the second city outside of Utrecht to have hosted all three grands tours including the Vuelta a Espana, the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France.

The only other city on that list is Utrecht, which hosted the Tour de France grand depart in 2015 won by Rohan Dennis in a time trial. Utrecht, the fourth largest city in the Netherlands, was also involved on stage 2 of the 2010 Giro, and was the start point of 2022 Vuelta a Espana, the year Remco Evenepoel won the red jersey.

Ahead of next year’s Vuelta a Espana, Turin was also involved in this year’s Tour de France on stage 3, won by Biniam Girmay. And Turin has also been involved on many occasions at the Giro d’Italia, including on stage 1 of this year, when Jhonatan Navaez outsprinted Tadej Pogacar to claim the stage win.