Cycling: Vuelta to start in the Netherlands next year

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Vuelta a Espana - Stage 18 - Hipodromo de la Zarzuela to Madrid, Spain - November 8, 2020 Deceuninck-Quick-Step's Sam Bennett crosses the line to finish in second place in the stage REUTERS/Sergio Perez

(Reuters) - The Netherlands will host the official start of the 2022 Vuelta a Espana, organisers said on Wednesday, after similar plans for last year's edition were scrapped because the race was rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Organisers said that Utrecht will host the inaugural time trial in August 2022 and the finish of the second stage, which begins from Hertogenbosch. The third stage will start and finish in Breda.