WINTER MARATHON 2022
SPONSORINGTHE 2022 WINTER MARATHON HAS DRAWN TO A CLOSE. AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE DOLOMITES, 130 CREWS RACED AGAINST THE CLOCK, OBLIVIOUS TO THE COLD, OVERCOMING 15 ALPINE PASSES AND 65 TIMED TESTS, TO WIN THE HISTORIC MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO EVENT. COMPETITORS HAD THE CHANCE TO EXPLORE AND ADMIRE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADS ANYWHERE IN THE TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE REGION, IN AN EVENT DIVIDED ACROSS TWO CHALLENGING LEGS.
EBERHARD & CO. WAS ONCE AGAIN THE MAIN SPONSOR AND OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER FOR THE EVENT, AND ALSO TAKING PART IN IT IN THE FORM OF A VERY SPECIAL CREW: THE TWO-TIME WORLD RALLY CHAMPION MIKI BIASION, BRAND AMBASSADOR AT EBERHARD & CO. TOOK THE WHEEL OF A 1974 LANCIA STRATOS, A CAR WITH LEGENDARY STATUS IN RALLYING HISTORY, PROVIDING THE BASSANO DRIVER WITH THE MEANS TO PERFORM SPECTACULARLY, EVEN AT HIGH ALTITUDES.
AT THE 2022 WINTER MARATHON, FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW, EDOARDO BELLINI AND ROBERTO TIBERTI FROM BRESCIA WERE TRIUMPHANT, IN A 1937 FIAT 508C. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE TIMING RIGHT FOR THE SPECIAL TESTS AND DEMONSTRATED REAL GRIT AND DETERMINATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT. SECOND PLACE WENT TO GUIDO BARCELLA AND OMBRETTA GHIDOTTI IN A 1938 FIAT 508C, WITH ALBERTO ALIVERTI AND STEFANO VALENTE IN A 1937 FIAT 508C TAKING THE THIRD STEP ON THE PODIUM.
THE SPECTACULAR TROFEO EBERHARD DEL LAGO GHIACCIATO IN MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, A KNOCKOUT CHALLENGE RESERVED FOR THE TOP 32 FINISHERS, CONCLUDED WITH THE VICTORY GOING TO VINCENZO BERTOLI AND ALBERTO GAMBA IN THEIR 1938 FIAT 508C.
EBERHARD & CO. PRESENTED THE WINNING CREW OF THE EBERHARD TROPHY WITH A PRIZE CONSISTING IN A CHRONOGRAPH FROM THE TAZIO NUVOLARI COLLECTION WHILE TWO CHRONOGRAPHS FROM THE CHAMPION V COLLECTION WERE AWARDED TO THE TOP TWO CREWS OVERALL. CROWNING THE WINNERS WAS EBERHARD & CO.’S BRAND AMBASSADOR MIKI BIASION.