Cycling, between Fantozzi and Silvani ladies: the Cobram Cup is back

“On a tragic Sunday morning at the end of April, a crowd of inferior and useless cyclists, unaware of the sad fate that awaits them, will bow to the tyrannical commands of Viscount Bicycleio Cobram to face the VII Cobram del Garda Cup on their two wheels”.

In the endless, extraordinarily enjoyable series of films by Fantozzi (10 were filmed), there are some scenes that have entered the collective imagination. In Fantozzi against all, for example, there are a couple of anthological ones. The deadly cure for weight loss with the implacable jailer, Professor Birkermaier, and the very unfortunate Cobram Cup. The dreaded boss cycling enthusiast who forces his employees to a test bike for which no one is in the least prepared. A cult scene that suggested an amateur event, ignorant QB, which has become an appointment for all fans of the unforgettable character played by Paul Village. A goliardic reinterpretation of the Viscount Bicycleio Matto, Mauro Brescianswhich organized the great return of the event for Sunday 23 April after a 4-year hiatus with the operational support of TriO Eventswith the sponsorship of City of Desenzano del Garda. A totally unconventional Sunday to celebrate both sporting and cinematographic passion in a rigorously tragicomic spirit.“I grew up with Fantozzi – tells Mauro BrescianiThe Viscount Bicycleio Mad – for this reason, 10 years ago, I created the event to accompany the birth of my shop by bike in Desenzano. An avant-garde character, with an always current profile, and at the same time cult. I am happy that the Cobram Cup can start again to promote the history of our cinema and of the bicycle also among young people”.

The Cima del Diavolo, the Trattoria al Curvone, will be revived with departure and arrival in Cappelletti Square. All rigorously at moderate speed and with rigorously Fantozzian clothing. The Silvani ladies and the Filini accountants will not be missing, and when to the “first imperceptible symptoms of fatigue, such as asphyxiation, balled eyes, cardiac arrests, soft tongues, aurora borealis, mirages”the infamous will be ready Bomb distributed in the race pack. In total goliardia one will be consumed sports tragedy of unheard-of entertainment which will only cause some “very slight movement difficulty in the elementary joints”. Therefore, electric traction or pedal assisted bikes are strictly prohibited. No Ménière syndrome will be admitted as a justification. There is room for everyone, even in the audience! “Come on shit”registrations open on coppacobram.eu/

Participants, along with hapless teammates, will be able to send by March 30 to [email protected] a project with a sketch, as detailed as possible, of a set, a re-enactment or a staging of Fantozzi’s memory. The four best proposals will be officially announced by 10 April, and will be represented by their creators on the day of the event and awarded with €500 each.

THE FEARED PROGRAM

The unknown punching, i.e. the collection of the bibs, will take place from 8 to 10 in Palazzo Todeschini to then leave all together at 11. Watch out for the saddle! There will be a passage in Piazza Garibaldi until the expected return to Piazza Cappelletti at 12.30 for a widespread lunch in the partner restaurants. In the afternoon the party will continue with musical entertainment and, from 4.00 pm, with the awards ceremony of the best costumes and the most demented and convincing fanciful reenactmentsobviously decreed by a very expert jury.