Cycling: Utrecht wants to make history. Until now, no city in the world has hosted stages of all three Grand Tours. After hosting the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in 2015 and the Giro d'Italia in 2010, the Dutch city is now targeting the Vuelta a España for 2020. The Tour of Spain is even scheduled to start in the Netherlands. Also... read more
Next year, the world's greatest cycling spectacle begins in the English county of Yorkshire. The stages awaiting the peloton there have been known for several weeks. [Link] Details of the Grand Départ were announced today in Utrecht, where the 2015 race will begin. Among those who spoke to Christian Prudhomme, the director of the Tour de France and... read more
As the ASO announced today, the 2015 Tour de France will start in Utrecht. This will mark the sixth time in the history of the Tour de France that the Netherlands will host the so-called Grand Départ. In the past, this honor has been held by the cities of Amsterdam (1954), Scheveningen (1973), Leiden (1978), 's-Hertogenbosch (1996), and Rotterdam (2010). read more
