{"id":894247,"date":"2026-09-13T13:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/894247\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:30:10","slug":"vuelta-a-espana-grand-depart-returns-to-home-soil-with-start-in-galicia-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/894247\/","title":{"rendered":"Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a Grand Depart returns to home soil with start in Galicia in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-b6e3c204-af6a-11f1-b859-2132a2b44bdd\">After three foreign starts in Lisbon, Turin and Monaco, the opening stage of the 2027 <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/vuelta-a-espana\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/vuelta-a-espana\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/vuelta-a-espana\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a> will see the race return to Spain, with the Grand Depart due to take place in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia on September 4.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made in a short ceremony before the final stage of 2026, which started in Carrefour Granada.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-b6e3c204-af6a-11f1-b859-2132a2b44bdd-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The 2027 race will begin with a road stage in Santiago de Compostela, which most recently hosted a Vuelta stage in 2021, when the race concluded there with a time trial won by Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos FromCyclingnews<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Adriano Malori, Oscar Freire, and Alex Z\u00fclle have also won in Santiago de Compostela through the years, while the town has featured in several recent editions of O Gran Cami\u00f1o, too.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The 2027 Vuelta start in Galicia has been scheduled to coincide with one of Galicia&#8217;s most important religious festivals, the &#8216;Xacobeo Year&#8217;, which forms part of a special celebration of the Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage seven times each century.<\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Next year&#8217;s Vuelta will start on Saturday, September 4 and will then see the race return to the Spanish capital of Madrid for its usual finish on Sunday, September 26.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">2028 is expected to see the Vuelta have another foreign start, this time in Sardinia, Italy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-eca81a2a-af6a-11f1-9a73-e7e8df4d8f78\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">For unbeatable coverage across road, gravel and tech, subscribe to Cyclingnews. 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