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From left, Italian cyclists Stefano Garzelli, Gilberto Simoni, Danilo Di Luca and Ivan Basso pose in front of the map of the 2009 edition of the Tour of Italy, Giro d'Italia cycling race, presented in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. Organizers unveiled a highlight-filled route for the 100th anniversary edition of the race Saturday inside Venice's opera house, La Fenice. Famed U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong will participate in his first Giro d'Italia which will begin with a team trial in Venice and finish with an individual race against the clock alongside Rome's ancient ruins. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)