Caisse d'Epargne pulls Zaballa and Plaza from Giro

In order to comply with the wishes of Giro d'Italia organiser RCS Sport, that no Operación Puerto implicated riders compete in its race, Spanish squad Caisse d'Epargne has issued a revised Giro line-up without the names of Ruben Plaza or Constantino Zaballa, according to tuttobiciweb.

The pair have been replaced by Alexei Markov and Mathieu Perget.