Tadej Pogacar wins Stage 3, reclaims Tour de France yellow

sportsJul 6, 202617242

Tadej Pogacar won Stage 3 of the 2026 Tour de France with a brutal finishing burst to take the stage into Les Angles and moved into the yellow jersey on countback. The 195.9km stage started in Granollers, crossed four categorised climbs and included almost 4,000 metres of climbing, with the final 44 kilometres in France run behind closed roads because of wildfires. Pogacar credited teammate Isaac del Toro for helping set him up for the decisive move. Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard sit level on overall time, but Pogacar leads on countback and now wears the maillot jaune. Tour director Christian Prudhomme said the decision to bar roadside spectators was taken with state authorities because of the exceptional fire conditions.

Velon CC

@veloncc.bsky.social

"Mexico! Mexico! Mexico!" 😍🇲🇽 Tadej Pogačar celebrated with a Mexican flag and the Mexican fans after Isaac del Toro's Tour de France Stage 2 victory 🏆

3646d ago

Pro Cycling Trumps

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The Apprentice + The Master 💚🌈 Del Toro sets up Pogacar on Stage 3 🤩 #TDF2026

2545d ago

Tour de France Hommes

@letour.stadio.top

Tadej keeps making history. With his 22nd Tour stage win, he draws level with André Darrigade on the all-time ranking. 🏆 22 victoires d’étape. Tadej Pogacar égale désormais André Darrigade dans l’histoire du Tour de France. 🔝 #TDF2026

2445d ago

the Inner Ring blog

@inrng.com

New GC. Tadej Pogačar tied for time on GC with Jonas Vingegaard but Pogačar now in yellow thanks to count-back.

1745d ago

Quoting this

JBV20

Quite possible there's very little movement in the top 7 on GC all the way to Paris. This is another fallout of an opening TTT based on individual times with a climb at the end. Will the public appreciate a "simplified" GC this early, or will it be seen as boring?

Charles M. A. Thomsen4

Vis mig et billede, der illustrerer Tour de France 2021-2026

Domestique

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🇸🇮 Pogacar strikes in Pyrenees to take yellow with searing sprint on 🇫🇷 Tour stage 3 RACE REPORT 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/poga... 📸 Cor Vos

1645d ago

Kenny Pryde

@kennypryde.bsky.social

Pogacar and his UAE team treating the Tour de France like a post-Tour criterium in Brittany. Bof.

1746d ago

robyn

@robynemz.bsky.social

Tadej Pogačar gets a jump at the finish to win Stage 3 of the Tour de France - he takes the maillot jaune off Jonas Vingegaard with the pair on the same time on GC. He’s looking unstoppable. #TDF2026

1745d ago

ABC News Australia

@news.abc.net.au

Tadej Pogačar hits back at Jonas Vingegaard as Isaac del Toro claims Tour de France stage two

1145d ago

Mike (beep boop era)

@latimeriidae.bsky.social

“If we add more transition type stages the racing will be more fun and unpredictable” Tadej Pogacar:

Michael Jordan “and I took that personally” meme

1445d ago

Jose Been

@josebeentv.bsky.social

Tadej Pogacar wins the stage and takes yellow, or not by one second. I think Vingegaard just held on

1445d ago

Cyclingnews

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Tour de France stage 3: Tadej Pogačar blasts away from Jonas Vingegaard on final section of Les Angles ascent for victory and bonus seconds www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...

1345d ago

MaschBasch

@maschbasch.bsky.social

🇪🇸🇫🇷 Tour de France stage 3 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mathias Vacek ⭐⭐⭐ Grégoire, Plapp, Baudin, Healy, Pogačar ⭐⭐ van der Poel, Evenepoel, Van Gils, Vauquelin, Simmons, del Toro ⭐ Van Eetvelt, Pidcock, Schmid, V.Paret-Peintre, Seixas, Storer, Aranburu #TDF2026