EF Education-EasyPost have pulled two riders out of the Giro d'Italia in order to rest them for future races, with stage winner Michael Valgren and James Shaw non-starters on stage 19.
The unusual move comes with three stages remaining and will spare the pair two days in the mountains on Friday and Saturday, as well as the Rome finale on Sunday.
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