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** FILE ** Italy's Mario Cipollini sports a lion patterned look during an individual time test, prologue of the Tour of Italy (Giro d'Italia) cycling race, in Groningen, The Netherlands, Saturday, May 11, 2002. Cipollini, 35, announced Tuesday, July 9, 2002 that he retired from cycling. More details and the reasons will be announced in the following days. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)