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Vuelta a España 2026 Stage 3: Gruissan - Aude to Font Romeu

Hilly
2 categorised climbs

173.7 km from Gruissan - Aude to Font Romeu with 2,658 m of climbing, measured along the official Komoot track.

Distance
173.7 km
Climbing
2,658 m
Descending
749 m
Stage type
Hilly
Date
Monday, 24 August 2026
Roadbook distance
174.0 km published

Climbs on stage 3

ClimbCategorySummit atLengthGradient
Col de Mont-LouisCategory 1km 157.519.4 km4.8%
Font Romeu PM 2ª. MetaCategory 2km 173.79.8 km5.0%

Intermediate sprints

  • Villafranca de Conflent — km 128.7
  • Col de Mont-Louis — km 157.5

How this stage was measured

The course comes from the official Komoot tour embedded on the organiser’s stage page, not from a route planner joining towns. VeloWorkout measures 173.7 km against the 174.0 km the roadbook prints, and 2,658 m of climbing against a published 2,639 m. Elevation is carried by the official track itself.

This stage was ABANDONED mid-race: a hailstorm neutralised it and it was cancelled before Font-Romeu, so no result stands. The route below is the one that was planned. Sources disagree on distance: official 174.0 km, PCS 174.0 km, Wikipedia 166.7 km. The official roadbook figure is used here. La Vuelta publishes no official climbing total; 2639 m is ProCyclingStats' figure and the official Komoot track gives 2660 m.