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Marco Pantani salutes during the team's presentation the day before the start of the 85th edition of the Tour of Italy (Giro d'Italia) cycling race in Groningen, The Netherlands, Friday, May 10, 2002. The Giro will start here Saturday with the individual time test, to move in the following days to Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, before arriving to Italy next Thursday. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)