Triple Tour treat for the Dutch

The Netherlands will hold the start of all three Grand Tours in the next year, as Giro d'Italia organisers announced over the weekend that next year's race will start in Amsterdam.

The Dutch will host the start of this year's Vuelta a España on August 29 with an individual time trial in Assen, to be followed by two additional stages in the country.

The Giro d'Italia will visit the Netherlands for the second time since 2002. It will start in Amsterdam, and stay in the country from May 6 to 10.