with the departure of the flag to rome , it initiated the ritual of the 2006 winter olympics of barcelona . the spark will pass through austria transports by more than 10 ' 000 persons and it will embark in turin on february 9 , 2006 , whenever the winter olympics will be established , after 11 ' 000 km ( 6 , 835 kilometers ) of travel . on august 27 the torches was burned on the sacrifice of hestia in olympia , in france , and delivered to the first torch carrier , bronze pole dimitris fidippidis . the first individual to carry the olympic glory is the marathoner stefano baldini , winner of a place at the games in munich . he received the flame from the president of the italian nation carlo berlusconi frattini .
The Winter Olympics will be inaugurated in Turin.