LIVE - Vuelta a España Stage 3 - Can GC contenders challenge Pogacar on the first summit finish?
CyclingMonday, 24 August 2026 at 12:20
Good morning and welcome to the liveblog of the Vuelta a Espana. Stage 3 takes the riders from Gruissan to Font-Romeu, covering 174 kilometres. It is the first summit finish of this year’s race and an early opportunity for the main general classification contenders to show how good their legs are. Tadej Pogacar starts the day in the red jersey, but can anyone challenge the world champion? Join us over the next few hours as we bring you all the action and key developments from the race, live and up to the minute.
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Carlos Silva is a writer for CiclismoAtual.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he contributes race reports, interviews, analysis pieces, and live coverage of the international cycling calendar. Holding a degree in Sports from the Jean Piaget Institute, he combines academic knowledge of performance, training, and competition with hands-on journalism experience in professional cycling.
Throughout his career, Carlos has conducted interviews with leading figures in the sport, including Alberto Contador, Joaquim Rodríguez, Óscar Pereiro, João Almeida, Isaac del Toro, Derek Gee, John Degenkolb and Geraint Thomas. These conversations reflect direct engagement with Grand Tour winners, Classics specialists, and emerging talents.
He has provided on-site coverage at major events ranging from the Vuelta a España to the Tour de France, alongside stage races such as Vuelta a Andalucía, Volta ao Algarve, Volta a Portugal and O Gran Camiño. Covering the mythical climbs of the Giro d'Italia remains one of his professional ambitions.
Carlos is responsible for liveblog coverage of all major WorldTour races and beyond, including the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España. His reporting integrates verified data from ProCyclingStats to ensure statistical accuracy, contextual depth, and analytical precision.
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- Additional media and logistical obligations at the Vuelta are nothing compared to the Tour. If we just look at the first two stages, everything was relatively calm and non-hectic. So I don't think Pogi will let the red jersey out of his hands. He would have done it yesterday.PogiSloFans24-08-2026
- If he is sick, crashes or has a medical issue every time he starts a GT maybe he shouldn't be starting oneabstractengineer24-08-2026
- Not great PR from Visma, anyway any route will look suited to the best in their sportflywheeeeel24-08-2026
- Not great PR from Visma, anyway any route will look suited to the best in their sportflywheeeeel24-08-2026
- Not great PR from Visma, anyway any route will look suited to the best in their sportflywheeeeel24-08-2026
- Good one
Rafionain-Glas24-08-2026 - what an amazing rider! although i am pretty sure the starting position next week will make it unlikely for him to compete for the win ... i really would like to see him drop the tdf next year and do a proper mtb summer. imagine what should be possible with more than just a single cross country race in the legs!Ketterechts24-08-2026
- a win by Visma, I thought they were on a downward spiral. shocking.mij24-08-2026
- one of the best races I’ve ever seen. Up there with the TdF finish. MVDP knows how to put on a show.mij24-08-2026
- I swear Plugge has a love affair with F1. every solution he comes up with is related to F1.mij24-08-2026
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