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A video showing U.S. cycling star Lance Armstrong is broadcast during the presentation of the 2009 edition of the Tour of Italy, Giro d'Italia cycling race, 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. Armstrong, a specialist at time trials, is returning to cycling in 2009 after three years of retirement. (AP Photo / Luca Bruno}