"We worked hard for our captain and we did it."

Those were the words of Dario Cataldo after stage four Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.Cataldo and his teammates were involved in tough race with four climbs and with the goal of protecting Fabio Aru until the final climb.

Fabio Aru was eleventh with a 24 second gap to the stage winner Tejay Van Garderen of United States of America.

Aru recovered two positions in the overall classification and is now seventh with a 48-second gap from new leader Bart De Clercq of Belgium.