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The Coppa delle Alpi arrives in Saint Moritz

Today the couple from Bologna, formed by Massimo Zanasi and Barbara Bertini on a 1958 Volvo Amazon P120, won the Saint Moritz trophy and is now right behind the leader of the Coppa delle Alpi that remains the driver from Palermo Giovanni Moceri, assisted by Daniele Bonetti from Brescia, in a 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia GT.

After the first leg that ended in Bressanone, and the second with the finish line in Seefeld in Tyrol, today the cars passed through the area of the Schwangau lakes and the Castle of ‘fairy tales’, Neuschwanstein in Baveria used as a model by Walt Disney, until reaching the characteristic alpine lake of Resia in Curon Venosta in South Tyrol. Then the arrival in Switzerland in St. Moritz in the Engandin region

At the end of the third leg of the Coppa delle Alpi the crew of the driver from Campobello di Mazara (TP), Nino Margiotta, who moved 10 years ago to Mondovì (CN), driving a 1947 Volvo PV 444, together with Guido Urbini, has gone up the list. In fourth position, a few points away, Gianmario Fontanella the driver from San Nicolò in Piacenza, driving a 1955 Porsche 356 A 1600 together with Anna Maria Covelli.

On the fourth and last day the cars will return to Italy passing through the lake of Livigno and the Montebello Quarry in Pontresina and end the race in the centre of Ponte di Legno. In the evening, a spectacular climb to over 2,500 metres for the prize-giving ceremony in the unique scenery of the Presena Glacier at Passo del Tonale.