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#1 Nanni Dietrich

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Posted 20 July 2004 - 13:14

I'm searching about the "Coppa Gallenga", that was a sort of hillclimb (or a circuit in closed roads? :confused: ) in the hills around Rome, named Castelli Romani (perhaps someone of you know the wonderful little towns of Frascati, Albano, Marino, Rocca di Papa, Castel Gandolfo the spring-residence of the Pope :) )

I want to know the roads, who won, the final classifications, who partecipated this race that was organizated from the 20s to the end of the 60s.

Searching on TNF I've found a sort of map from Vermicino to Rocca di Papa (near Rome, I know very well this part of Italy), and a certain De Teffè from Brazil, winner of the Coppa Gallenga in 1927, and some other piece of informations,

Can someone help me?
Thanks.
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#2 Paul Taylor

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Posted 20 July 2004 - 13:27

http://www.kolumbus....ellman/hca2.htm

This site gives some info on the winners of the Coppa Gallenga and the dates they were held.

http://wsrp.wz.cz/nonchamp1954.html
http://wsrp.wz.cz/nonchamp1955.html

The two above pages give info on the dates of the Coppa Gallenga's of 1954 and 1955

I think it was still happening during the 1960s, but I don't know when the last event was held.

#3 Hans Etzrodt

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 08:39

Oct 16, 1949 - Coppa Gallenga (Rocca di Papa), 19th (14.400 km)
1. Marzotto (Ferrari 2.0) 7m57.2s
2. Scagliarini (Cisitalia)
3. Bracco (Ferrari 2.0)

Oct 22, 1950 - Coppa Gallenga (Rocca di Papa), 20th (14.400 km)
1. Bracco (Ferrari) 8m00.5s
2. Marzotto (Ferrari)
3. Bellucci (Lancia)

Sep 30, 1951 - Coppa Gallenga (Rocca di Papa), 21st (14.400 km)
1. Scotti (Ferrari 2.56) 8m07.8s
2. Bracco (Ferrari 2.0)
3. Biondetti (Jaguar 3.5)

Oct 19, 1952 - Coppa Gallenga (Rocca di Papa), 22nd (14.400 km)
1. Scotti (Ferrari 4.1) 7m56.2s
2. Pezzoli (Jaguar 3.5)
3. Rocco (AMP 2.5)

Oct 11, 1953 - Coppa Gallenga (Rocca di Papa), 23rd (14.400 km)
1. Musso (Maserati 2.0) 7m32.89s
2. Ammendola (Lancia)
3. Pezzoli (Jaguar 3.5)

Jun 17, 1954 - Coppa Gallenga (Tratto Frascati-Rocca di Papa), 24th (8.700 km)
1. Gerini (Ferrari 3.0) 4m54.0s
2. Colucci (Ferrari 3.0)
3. Scotti (Ferrari 3.0)

May 8, 1955 - Coppa Gallenga (Rocca di Papa), 25th (12.950 km)
1. Casella (Mercedes-Benz) 7m32.0s
2. Sanesi (Alfa Romeo 1900 S)
3. Nataloni (Lancia Aurelia 2.5)

Jun 24, 1956 - Coppa Gallenga (Rocca di Papa), 26th (12.950 km)
1. Giovanardi (Ferrari 250 GT) 7m25.2s
2. Luglio (Ferrari 250 GT)
3. Nataloni (Lancia Aurelia)

Sep 7, 1958 - Coppa Gallenga (Tratto Squarciarelli-Rocca di Papa), 27th (4.200 km x 2 laps = 8.400 km)
1. Tedeschi (Maserati 2.0) 5m26.6s
2. Govoni (Maserati 2.0)
3. De Sanctis (De Sanctis Junior)

Aug 5, 1959 - Coppa Gallenga (Tratto Frascati-Rocca di Papa), 28th (6.800 km)
1. Cabianca (Osca 1.5) 3m59.3s
2. Peroglio (Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS)
3. "Kim" (Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV)

Jun 19, 1960 - 29th (11.750 km)
1. Giovanardi (Maserati 2.0) 6m25.0s

Jun 11, 1961 - 30th (10.200 km)
1. Govoni (Maserati 2.0) 5m19.0s

Sep 2, 1962 - 31st (8.400 km)
Govoni (Maserati 2.0) 4m45.4s

May 6, 1963 - 32nd (10.400 km)
1. Bettoja (De Sanctis Junior) 5m01.2s

Mar 22, 1964 - 33rd (10.100 km)
1. Terra (Ferrari 2.0) 4m34.4s

Mar 28, 1965 - 34th (10.800 km)
1. Lualdi (Ferrari 250 LM) 4m45.4s

Mar 27, 1966 - 35th (10.800 km)
1. Dini (Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA) 5m32.9s

#4 Nanni Dietrich

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 09:45

Wonderful, boys!!! :up:
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I remember only (I was just a little child at the time... :rolleyes: :lol: ) Spartaco Dini, winner of the race in 1966. And the accidents that happened, involving some spectators, in the Coppa Gallenga 1966, that caused the end of the race.

I'm not sure (and I remain not sure) if the race was a simple hillclimb or a sort of circuit. For example, Hans you wrote in 1958 "tratto Squarciarelli-Rocca di Papa, 2 laps". What does it means? Two laps of a circuit or simply two manches of the same hillclimb? :confused:

I said, I know very well this part of Italy: if you know the old italian song "Arrivederci Roma" :love: , in the text of the song there are the names of Frascati, Squarciarelli, etc. that are all little towns, or small villages in the hills near Roma, named Castelli Romani. Rocca di Papa is a fine village on the top of a 1000 meters mountain, so it's possible that the race was an hillclimb with the finish-line at Rocca di Papa. But Frascati and Squarciarelli, or Vermicino (named in Leif's records) are all around the mountain of Rocca di Papa, NOT in the same climb: so I think it's possible a sort of circuit between those villages... :confused: :confused:


MYSTERY :smoking:

#5 Hans Etzrodt

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Posted 22 July 2004 - 17:42

Originally posted by Nanni Dietrich
...I'm not sure (and I remain not sure) if the race was a simple hillclimb or a sort of circuit. For example, Hans you wrote in 1958 "tratto Squarciarelli-Rocca di Papa, 2 laps". What does it means? Two laps of a circuit or simply two manches of the same hillclimb?...

My mistake. :blush:
AFAIK it was a hill climb only.

#6 humphries

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Posted 22 July 2004 - 18:09

There is a book by Francesco Santovetti "Vermicino Rocca di Papa - Una corsa castellana" published by Giorgio NADA Editore ISBN 88-7911-178-7. A good buy.