# Maria Canins

Maria Canins (born 4 July 1949, in La Villa, Alta Badia) is an Italian racing cyclist who twice won the Tour de France Féminin in 1985 and 1986, as well as winning the inaugural Giro d'Italia Femminile in 1988. She rode for Italy at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.

## 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 was double world champion and double Italian champion in mountain biking. She was married to the cross-country skier and ski mountaineer Bruno Bonaldi, who was a member of the civilian world championship team in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama.

## Palmarès
### Road Cycling
#### 1982

    1st Road Race, National Road Championships
    2nd Road Race, World Road Championships

#### 1983

    3rd Road Race, World Road Championships

#### 1984

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

#### 1985

    1st Road Race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
       1st Stages 2, 4, 8, 9 & 11
    1st Overall Tour of Norway
       1st Stage 5
    1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
    2nd Road Race, World Road Championships
    2nd Super Prestige Pernod

#### 1986

    1st Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
       1st Prologue, Stages 5 & 6, 9, 11 & 13
    1st Overall Tour of Norway
    1st Overall Coppa dell'Adriatico
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Super Prestige Pernod
    8th Vertemate con Minoprio

#### 1987

    National Road Championships
       1st Road Race
       1st Time Trial
    1st Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
    2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
    2nd Super Prestige Pernod
    3rd Vertemate con Minoprio

#### 1988

    1st Team Time Trial, World Road Championships
    National Road Championships
       1st Road Race
       1st Time Trial
    1st Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
    2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
    2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin

#### 1989

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

#### 1990

    1st Time Trial, National Road Championships
    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