Blending the spirit of the race with a challenging mountain setting and adding to it the charm of a unique and spectacular route that connects various Alpine communities, Coppa delle Alpi car race begun in Italy.

The 4th edition of Coppa delle Alpi by 1000 Miglia, a mountain car race covering seven countries, was flagged off  from Trieste in Italy on April 28, with 30 participating cars, along with eight supporting vehicles.

The Coppa delle Alpi is popular a winter race for historic cars that crosses some of the most beautiful passes in the Alps.

According to a press statement by the organisers, the 5-leg grand tour will cross the entire Alpine arc from East to West, from Trieste to Courmayeur, crossing the borders of 7 countries. The race includes 90 Time Trials over 1,600 km.

1000 Miglia organises the race along Il Grande Viaggio Alpino, a path of reflection parallel to the race aimed at representing the socio-economic, anthropological and environmental transformations crossing the Alpine macro-region.

The statement adds that there will be technical and administrative checks in Piazza Unità d’Italia, where the regularity race for cars built before 1990 will start in the morning.

It says that from Trieste, the crews will travel to Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, to talk about sustainable tourism projects. In Cortina, at the Rifugio Faloria, at an elevation of 2100 m, the topic will be accessible and sustainable Olympics.

On April 30, lunch at the Messner Museum in Ripa with Reinhold Messner, who will share projects and experiences. Reaching Austria, in Seefeld there will be a dialogue on the connections between mountain agriculture and the tourist offer.

After the transit through Germany in Garmisch, the return to Italy in Livigno will focus on Olympic legacy, sustainability, accessibility and inclusion. The leg ends in Saint Moritz, Switzerland, highlighting sports infrastructures for tourism development.

On the morning of May 2, after a break in Vaduz, a greeting from the Prime Minister of Lichtenstein and a stop at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, the evening arrival in Gstaad will deal with Dairy Breeding and Production.

On Friday May 3, the stop in Chamonix will offer the extraordinary panorama from the Refuge du Montenvers at an altitude of 1900 m before the final stop in Courmayeur, where the topic will be Mountain Food Production. The final conference in the Courmayeur Congress Centre is scheduled for Saturday starting at 10 am, says the organisers.

They add that for the competitors to be an active part of the project, the cars in the race have been limited to 30, with a further 8 cars hosting reference experts on the macro-themes addressed.