Turin and Piedmont can boast a record that’s hard to match. In less than a year and a half, the roads of this gorgeous Italian region have hosted the Giro d’Italia 2024, the Tour de France 2024, and now the Vuelta a España 2025 – the Big Three of pro cycling, the three-week stage races that every tifoso circles on the calendar.

For Italy, no one doubts how crucial a city like Turin can be in shaping the race. But it’s worth asking how an Italian region managed to get both the Tour and the Vuelta to roll out from here. Piedmont has long invested in sustainable mobility, cycling culture, and bike-centric events, a strategy that convinced ASO and Unipublic (organizers of the Tour and Vuelta respectively) to shine the spotlight on Turin and Piedmont, capitalizing on the Grand Départ and Gran Salida concept. Add to that the stunning backdrop, prestige, and history of this corner of Italy, and you’ve got a setting that elevates any race on the calendar.

In 2024, the Giro kicked off from the majestic Reggia di Venaria, serving up a barnstormer of an opening stage: a punchy finish on Corso Moncalieri in central Turin, where Jhonatan Narváez upstaged the Maglia Rosa favorite Tadej Pogačar – the only real chink in the Slovenian’s armor during a Giro he bossed from start to finish. For the Tour de France, after the opening skirmishes through Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, the peloton hit Turin on Stage 3, finishing on Piazzale Grande Torino. That one came down to a bunch sprint, with Biniam Girmay delivering the knockout blow.

Now it’s the Vuelta’s turn to paint the Piedmont roads red. The opening three stages are set to be pure spectacle: Reggia di Venaria to Novara, then Alba to Limone Piemonte, followed by San Maurizio Canavese to Ceres, before the race heads back to Spain (via France) with a stage starting in Susa. On the start line will be one of Piedmont’s greatest prides, Filippo Ganna.

With that, Turin and Piedmont will complete their hat-trick – the first time ever a city and region of this size have hosted all three Grand Tours in such quick succession. The Giro d’Italia knows that whenever it rides into town, the pink caravan is met with sheer passion. And when it comes to Grandi Partenze, Turin is no stranger, having hosted no less than 4: 1961 (Centenary of Italian Unification, rolling out from Corso Rosselli), 2011 (Reggia di Venaria), 2021 (Piazza Castello), and 2024 (again from the Reggia). And there’s no doubt: plenty more chapters are yet to be written.