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Two hostesses pose by the map of the 2009 edition of the Tour of Italy, Giro d'Italia cycling race, at La Fenice theater in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Dec.13, 2008. Lance Armstrong's first Giro d'Italia will begin with a team trial in Venice and finish with an individual race against the clock alongside Rome's ancient ruins. Organizers unveiled a highlight-filled route for the 100th anniversary edition of the race Saturday inside Venice's opera house, La Fenice. Armstrong, a specialist at time trials, is returning to cycling in 2009 after three years of retirement. The seven-time Tour de France winner is planning the race both the Giro and Tour for the first time in his career. The Giro runs May 9-31. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)