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In recent days, Albertone and the Swedish ace have "crossed" in a location symbol of their careers. And wonderful stories have emerged ...
Tuesday 3 March 2020 4 minutes reading time
A meeting between legends, in the heart of a location that has marked their respective careers.
Alberto Tomba and Ingemar Stenmark in Madonna di Campiglio, together for a few hours during the white week of Carnival. Not a real organized event; the first to arrive was the Swedish champion, for a holiday with the family and with the usual low profile that distinguishes the skier with the most victories in the history of the World Cup.
It was the first time of "Ingo", from the days of his competitive retreat, in Campiglio and on the snow of the Canalone Miramonti, where he won more than in any other cup stage (eight times, including five in slalom and three in giant) and took, on December 17, 1974, the first of his 86 pearls in the maximum circuit. Stenmark was welcomed at the Hotel Savoia by the Trentino delegation led by the president of the tourism company Madonna di Campiglio-Pinzolo-Val Rendena, Tullio Serafini, as well as by Lorenzo Conci, who for years had headed the organizing committee of 3Tre, the vice mayor Albert Ballardini and Bruno Felicetti, deputy director of Funivie Campiglio. Between delivery of a print on canvas for that historic victory 46 years ago, and the legendary lightning shirt that brought back to Sweden, Tarnaby's ace then returned to that Canalone Miramonti which he found very different. "The track is steeper, even too much for me now - smiled Stenmark - wider and with a much bigger arrival parterre".
Then at Cascina Zeledria the meeting with Albertone Tomba, who returned to Campiglio a couple of months after the World Cup race which saw, on January 8th, the champion from Bologna among the super guests. And the stories have been a thousand, between two absolute champions of this sport. What they said, however, will remain among them ...
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