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2 to 12 October 2021
Day 6
Cortina d’Ampezzo to Verona (362 km)
8 October 2021
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
If the 1969 film the Italian Job had been made three years later: The 1972 Ferrari Daytona of Brian and Catherine Scowcroft ahead of the Jaguar
E-type of Sholto and Karen Gilbertson-Hart
A slightly earlier start was scheduled for today as we had some serious miles to cover and coincidentally,
some serious changes in elevation and temperature to boot.
By the day’s end we’d have enjoyed breakfast at 1,224m (and a chilly 6°C) and finished with dinner at 59m (and a balmy
17°C), having climbed several impressive mountains, including the 2,236m Passo di Giau and the short but vertiginous
Valstagna hairpins, which top out at 1,093m. What these hairpins lack in altitude, they more than make up for in ferocity.
A classic case of small mountain syndrome perhaps?
So, bright and early, the first Regularity of the day appeared through the windscreen, the Passo di Giau. And it came
a mere 8km from the hotel, barely giving the cars or the crews a chance to warm up and, once over the top, there was a
disciplined run with several timing points to the next Time Control in the Rifugio Capanna for some very welcome mid
morning refreshment.
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