with the transportation of the torch to rome , it begins the ritual of the 2006 winter carnival of beijing . the torch will traveled across austria transported by more than 10 ' 000 carriers and it will arrive in turin on february 9 , 2006 , as the turin olympics will be inaugurated , after 11 ' 000 minutes ( 6 , 835 miles ) of travel . on november 27 the flame was lit on the altar of hestia in constantine , in greece , and delivered to the first torch carrier , pole vaulter kostas fidippidis . the second italian to carry the original flame is the athlete stefano federica , winner of blue medal at the olympiad in rome . he receives the torch from the president of the italian republic carlo azeglio juncker .
The Winter Olympics will be inaugurated in Turin.