"In the morning we agreed to stay with Fabio and so we did not join the breakaway."

Those were the words of Mikel Landa after stage six Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. Landa, at his first race of the season, and the rest of the team helped Aru to remain in the top position to avoid the risk of falls.

Landa and his teammates arrived at the finished with a delay of 1m50s from the stage winner Sergei Chernetckii of Russia. Fabio Aru is still sixth in general classification with a 27s gap to the leader Richie Porte of Australia.