According to Tutto Bici, organiser RCS Sport decided that the Giro d’Italia will travel abroad again in 2016. Next May, the three-week race will kick off in Nijmegen, in Netherlands. There is the third start in the Netherlands. Bradley Wiggins won the last edition started in Netherlands, in 2010.
We can read in the article: "During a meeting yesterday for the Naples bike festival. Jos Sluijsmans, president of Fietsdiensten.nl and Dutch cycling ambassador, announced in his report that the 2016 Giro d’Italia will begin in the Netherlands. From Nijmegen, his hometown, to be precise."
RCS Sport could confirm the start host of the 2016 edition this month.
Edit: According to Procyclingstats.com, the 2016 edition will begin with a prologue in Apeldoorn (07/05). The next day, the peloton will quit Arnhem to join Nijmegen (08/05). The third stage in Netherlands will be held between Nijmegen and Arnhem (09/05).
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