- The third stage of Tour de France 2026 between Granollers and Les Angles will take place without a finish-line sprint.
- Organizers say they will not take action to change the route; BBC Sport reports that this will not be the case even if the final 40 km are not flat.
- Christian Prudhomme said that the decision was made because of the risk to cyclists from vehicles carrying equipment.
The third stage of Tour de France 2026 will take place without a finish-line sprint through the towns of Granollers and Les Angles. The material from The Guardian and BBC Sport, which organizers published to explain why they did not include the finish sprint.
As the material explains, the stage between Granollers and Les Angles will be 195.9km long, and, according to the organizers, the route will not be flat. The BBC Sport material notes that the organizers claim that the final 40 km through France’s Pyrénées-Orientales region will be hilly.
The Guardian reported that Tour Christian Prudhomme said that the decision was made because of the risk to cyclists from vehicles carrying equipment, and that, in any case, the final 40 km will be hilly.
BBC Sport also reports that in the Pyrenees-Orientales region, there are three climbs, with the final one starting 3,000 metres after Perpignan, while the final climb is located before the finish line.
In a BBC Sport material, it says that the stage in Granollers, Spain, will be between 60 kilometres (37.3 miles) at most, with the longest active racing time being, as stated by BBC Sport, in Les Angles. According to the BBC Sport race classification, Jonas Vingegaard will be separated from the overall leader Tadej Pogacar by Isaac del Toro at the other stage.