"I pulled for most of the climb to make more selection."

Those were the words of Astana's Diego Rosa after stage three at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya. Rosa gave great impetus to Astana's forcing with only 20km to go that favored the break of seven riders.

Fabio Aru was among the escapees who arrived at the finish with more than 20 seconds on the main group with Rosa while stage victory went to Domenico Pozzovivo of Italy. Fabio Aru is now ninth in general classification with a 2:27 gap from new race leader Pierre Rolland of France.