2024 Giro d'Italia to start in Turin

Next year's Giro d'Italia will start in Turin after organisers announced on Monday the first three stages of Italy's Grand Tour which takes place May 4 - 26, 2024

Primoz Roglic will begin his title defence on May 4 at Venaria Reale just north of football club Juventus' Allianz Stadium and finish the opening stage in central Turin after a 28-kilometre circuit of the city.

The race will stay in Piedmont in Italy's north-west for the next two stages, with an 11km, 6.2 per cent gradient climb to Santuario di Oropa in the Italian Alps coming at the end of the 150km second stage which starts in San Francesco al Campo.

A flat, sprinter-friendly third stage between Novara and Fossano follows while stage four begins in Acqui Terme before taking the riders out of Piedmont and into an as-yet unnamed destination in the neighbouring seaside region of Liguria.

The Giro last began in Turin in 2021 when two-time world time-trial champion Filippo Ganna won the opening ITT stage.

Next year's complete route will be announced on Friday.

2024 Giro d'Italia Opening Three Stages

May 4: Stage 1 - Venaria Reale-Turin (136km)

May 5: Stage 2 - San Francesco al Campo-Santuario di Oropa (150km)

May 6: Stage 3 - Novara–Fossano (165km)

Giro d’Italia 2024 Presentation

On Friday 13 October, in fact, the route of the 107th Giro d’Italia, which will be held from May 4 - 26, 2024, will be unveiled at the Gazetta dello sport festival in Trento.

The first edition of the Giro d’Italia Women organised by the RCS Sport, will also be presented.

Tune in from 12pm USA (Eastern), 5pm UK and 6pm Europe for the LIVE presentation from Trento.