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Former cycling champion Felice Gimondi of Italy, left, gestures with former cycling champion Eddy Merckx of Belgium, prior to the inauguration ceremony of the new world cycling center, hosting the International Cycling Union, UCI, offices, in Aigle, Switzerland, Sunday, April 14, 2002. Gimondi won three times the Giro and is the 1973 world champion. Merckx won five times the Tour de France and five times the Giro. (KEYSTONE/Fabrice Coffrini)