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.

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