Maria Canins

Maria Canins (born 4 July 1949, in La Villa, Alta Badia is an Italian former road racing cyclist and cross-country skier. After winning several Italian national titles in cross-country skiing and becoming the first Italian woman to win the Vasaloppet, she switched to road cycling in the early 1980s. She won the Tour de France Féminin in 1985 and 1986, the inaugural Giro d'Italia Femminile in 1988, and was a member of the Italian team that won the UCI Women's Team Time Trial World Championship in 1988. Canins also competed in mountain biking and winter triathlon, winning the World Triathlon Winter Championships in 1997 and 1999.

Biography Canins was a cross-country skier from 1969 to 1988. She was Italian champion 15 times and the first Italian to win the Vasaloppet cross-county competition in Sweden and win from 1979 until 1988 10 times the Marcialonga. She began her professional cycling career at age 32, was double world champion who was a member of the civilian world championship team in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama.

Palmarès Road Cycling

1982

2nd Road Race, World Road Championships

1983 3rd Road Race, World Road Championships

1984

1st Prologue 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio 2nd Overall Tour of Norway 5th Road Race, Olympic Games

1985

1st Stages 2, 4, 8, 9 & 11

1st Stage 5 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio 2nd Road Race, World Road Championships 2nd Super Prestige Pernod

1986

1st Prologue, Stages 5 & 6, 9, 11 & 13

1st Overall Coppa dell'Adriatico 1st Points classification 1st Stage 4 2nd Super Prestige Pernod 8th Vertemate con Minoprio

1987 National Road Championships

2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale 2nd Super Prestige Pernod 3rd Vertemate con Minoprio

1988

National Road Championships

2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin

1989 National Road Championships

1st GP Conad World Road Championships 2nd Team Time Trial 3rd Road Race 2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale

1990

1st Overall Tour de la Drôme 1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 4 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

1991 1st Sankt Johann in Tirol

1992 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio

1993 5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio

1994 2nd Trofeo Spadaccini Chrono 3rd Villafranca di Forlì Chrono

1995 5th Time Trial, National Road Championships

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

World Championships Year Age 5 km 10 km 20 km 4 × 5 km relay 1982 32 — — 20 —

World Cup Season standings Season Age Overall 1982 32 34 1983 33 37

Italian Championships 1971: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit 1977: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km 1979: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km 1980: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km 1981: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit 1982: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit 1983: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km 1984: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit 1985: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km 1986: 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km 1988: 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit

National titles Italian Mountain Running Championships Mountain running: 1982