Olympic torchbearer Elisa Santoni, left, holds up her torch after lighting the Olympic flame as Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni smiles, at Rome's Campidoglio Capitol Hill, in the opening stages of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Flame tour of Italy, Thursday Dec. 8, 2005.The flame is planned to cover 11,300 kilometers (7,022 miles) throughout Italy involving 10,000 torchbearers, gondolas, a Ferrari sports car and a cavalry regiment before arriving in Turin for the opening ceremony on Feb. 10th. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)