Start: 15 May 2026 (Friday) 13:00 (CET)
Finish: ~16:30 (CET), Szekszárd, Szent István Square
Elevation gain: 1080 m
Another flat stage awaits the sprinters on May 15. Stage 3 of Tour de Hongrie starts in Kaposvár, then continues eastward after a short loop around Zselic. Before the finish in Szekszárd, the riders will face 152 km, three Intermediate Sprints and two categorised climbs.
With four starts and five finishes behind it, Kaposvár is already considered an experienced Tour de Hongrie participant. Ahead of its tenth appearance, the city has also hosted the Giro d’Italia. During the 2022 Grande Partenza, the third stage started from one of the most important centers of Transdanubia. Almost 100 years ago, in 1935, a finish was already held on the banks of the Kapos River, which was our last starting city in 2023.
Szekszárd is one of the most important cradles of Hungarian cycling. The center of Tolna County has hosted prestigious competitions in recent years, such as the Gemenc Grand Prix, but the city has been bypassed for the past 23 years. The peloton has only visited the slopes of Szekszárd, also famous for its wines, four times, with Mikhail Chorniy winning here last in 1993.