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James Moultrie

Tour de France stage 3 to go ahead but spectators asked not to attend finish due to forest fires in 'exceptional decision'

A woman in a bucket had and Tour de France yellow shirt holds a polka dot fan in front of a large crowd of Tour de France specators.

Stage 3 of the Tour de France will go ahead but has been adapted due to fires, and will take place on Monday without spectators in the French part of the finale, the department's prefecture announced on Sunday.

After revealing that cancellation was a possibility for the stage from Granollers to the 2026 edition's first trip to France in Les Angles due to ongoing fires in the Pyrénées-Orientales area, it was later confirmed that the stage would instead be adapted.

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