From the most decisive mountain day to 145 kilometres of flat to a near-criterium just 25 kilometres long: the continual changes in format of stage 6 of the Volta a Catalunya left riders as confused, bewildered and - in some cases at least - disappointed that what should have been a major day of racing ended up all but shorn of any real significance.
There were huge crowds at the improvised finish in Berga, which to the credit of the organisers, had been rapidly and effectively set up to try and give the thousands of fans present for what should have been a finish in the nearby summit of Queralt something to cheer and watch.
