Volta a Catalunya organiser Ruben Peris launched a scathing attack on the peloton for going back on their collective word over how much of the radically altered route of stage 6 they were actually prepared to race.
In a series of changes due to very bad weather, stage 6 of the Volta first saw the hardest ascent, the Hors Categorie Col de Pradell removed from the route and a shift to Plan B of just racing the other climbs featuring in the stage.
But then as the high winds continued to blast the race, all the scheduled climbs for stage 6 were cancelled, too. The stage was rapidly revamped on Saturday morning to Plan C: two circuits of a 70-kilometre lap, starting and finishing in the town of Berga.
