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FRANCESCO BOSCO
Francesco Bosco, 70 anni, bergamasco, è stato direttore generale di Funivie Madonna di Campiglio Spa dal primo gennaio 2009 al 31 luglio 2020. Oggi in pensione, è tornato con la moglie Piera a Temù, dove aveva iniziato la sua carriera. Continua a collaborare con la società impianti della “Perla delle Dolomiti”.
IL SIGNORE DELLA NEVE
Francesco Bosco (70), a native of Bergamo, was general manager of the lift operator Funivie Madonna di Campiglio S.p.A. from January 2009 to July 2020. Now retired, he has returned with his wife, Piera, to Temù, where his career began. He continues collaborating with the Campiglio lift operator.
DI/BY ALBERTA VOLTOLINI
AL MONDO DELLA NEVE, DOVE HA COSTRUITO UNA STORIA DI SUCCESSO,
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F R A N C E S C O B O S C O È A P P R O D AT O P E R I N T U I Z I O N E . I L M A N A G E R D I B E R G A M O , TA L E N T O I N N AT O P E R L E P U B B L I C H E R E L A Z I O N I ,
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R A C C O N TA L A S U A C A R R I E R A E L A S U A V I TA .
’è un prima dello sci nella vita di Francesco Bosco? Ero un buon ciclista. Ho
gareggiato fino ai Dilettanti dove ho vinto sei gare, prima di dovermi fermare per un problema di salute poi risolto. La passione per il ciclismo ce l’ho ancora e fino a poco tempo fa, ogni volta che iniziava il Giro d’Italia, avevo un posto garantito nella carovana della Corsa Rosa, in ammiraglia, come autista.
Ciclismo, sci e neve. Come si sono combinati nella sua vita? Può raccontarci qualche aneddoto? Quando ero a Ponte di Legno-Tonale ho cominciato a portarci le squadre di ciclismo per fare gli allenamenti in quota. Tra queste la Supermercati Brianzoli di Francesco
Francesco Bosco came to this snowy world a bit by intuition and wrote a story of managerial success. With a
keen talent for public relations, this
businessman from Bergamo talked to us about his career and his life in general.
What came before skiing in the life of Francesco Bosco? I was a cyclist. I raced at the amateur level and won six races before I had to quit due to a health problem that has since been resolved. I still love cycling and, until
Bugno, Supermercati Brianzoli, along with the team’s general manager, Gianni Stanga, who raced with me. One afternoon, I met up with the team and found Stanga furious. I asked him, in the Bergamo dialect, “Cosa ghe [What’s up]?” And he replied, in dialect, that Axel Merckx, a member of his team, had to get to Brussels right away. It was an hour and a half drive to Mezzolombardo to catch a train to Belgium. I told them to jump in the car, and I took them to the station, just in time for the train. “You always drive like this?” Stanga asked me. “Eh, more or less. I drive a bit aggressively,” I replied. As a way of thanking me, he said
Moser e Gianni Bugno con general manager
recently, always had a guaranteed spot in the
Gianni Stanga, che aveva corso con me.
Giro d’Italia as a driver for one of the teams.
Un pomeriggio, raggiungo la squadra e
take him up on it, but I never had the time;
bergamasco, “Cosa ghe’”. E lui, sempre in
How have cycling and skiing interacted in your life? Any stories to tell?
bergamasco, mi risponde che Axel Merckx,
When I was in Ponte di Legno–Tonale,
lot and an amazing family.
I started bringing the cycling teams
I kind of set everything else to one side,
here for altitude training. This included
because you can’t be everywhere at once.
trovo Gianni arrabbiatissimo. Gli chiedo, in
uno dei suoi corridori, era stato convocato urgentemente a Bruxelles.
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The lord of the snow
the team of Francesco Moser and Gianni
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I have a guaranteed spot as a team driver for the Giro d’Italia. I would have liked to I was always working. I was fortunate for two reasons: I had a job that excited me a
