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It's always good fun each year to see what fashionable Stefano Garzelli wears to the Giro route presentation | 
Although he says he's not racing the Giro next year, 2011 Giro d'Italia winner, Alberto Contador was on hand pictured here with Milano mayor, Giuliano Pisapia. | 
It was a tough year for Geox - Tmc, but Juan Jose Cobo and Mauro Gianetti are still smiling pre-2012 Giro rollout after their Vuelta a Espana overall win |
Edvald Boasson Hagen and Mark Cavendish arriving on the pink carpet | 
Inside the Milan studio, Danilo di Luca challenged Mario Cipollini to an arm wrestle | 
Every Italian has their opinion of good fashion. Ivan Basso looks like a valet parking attendant who just got off the late shift. That's Paolo Bettini on the left. |
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2009 and 2010 Giro winners, Ivan Basso and Alberto Contador. Ivan Basso raced Giro di Lombardia yesterday and finished 4th. | 
Big photos of Giro big shooters |
Andrea Monti, the head man at sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport possibly asking Paolo Bettini how his tax evasion case finally settled. | 
Panoramic of the studio in Milano where the 2012 Giro route presentation was broadcasted live to the rest of the world | 
Big shooters in the first row |
The opening act | 
Master of ceremonies, RAI's Alessandra de Stefano and Andrea Monti, the head man at sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport recapping 2011 | 
Last winner's Alberto Contador dropped on stage with the winner's trophy |
Alberto Contador saying good-bye to his friend for the year | 
It is a stunning trophy | 
Rolling along... |
The 2012 route was no surprise since it was leaked by the official site last week | 
RAI's Davide Cassani running through the stages | 
A very large group of riders attended this year's route presentation |
The usual mix of confusion and stunned expressions which a Giro route can evoke. The easier 2012 route should please Mark Cavendish the most. Ivan Basso will decide later. | 
Post presentation photo-ops. Alberto Contador with his maglia rosa from last year in front of the 2012 route map. | 
Jakob Fuglsang, Thor Hushovd, Ivan Basso and Alberto Contador |
Gazzetta/RCS have fully embraced social media this past year as Alberto Contador points out | 
The assembled media who captured the same moment | 
Mark Cavendish didn't point out any stage he was particularly interested in, but he'll have more options then normally accorded to a sprinter at next year's Giro |
Fist-bump with the greatest climber and greatest sprinter in the sport | 
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One more photo of the lovely couple |
Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen is looking forward to the 2012 prologue in a fellow Scandinavia kingdom, Denmark | 
Androni Giocattoli's Mario Androni, Josè Rujano and Gianni Savio | 
Damiano Cunego points out the Stage 4 Verona TTT. He's not a TT'er but Verona is his birthplace |
Michele Scarponi likes the route | 
Last year's 2nd place finisher Michele Scarponi being silly with last year's winner, Alberto Contador | 
New Giro boss Michele Acquarone was all smiles at the end of the day despite the Giro route being leaked the previous week. Mauro Vegni clearly isn't the RCS webmaster. |
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