Matt DeCanio
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew DeCanio |
| Born | April 5, 1977 Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-around |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1995-2001 | US National Team |
| 1995 | G.S. Mengoni-Hot Tubes |
| 2010 | Olympique Cycliste Val d'Oise |
| Professional teams | |
| 1997-1998 | G.S. Filati Alessandra[1] |
| 2000 | Linda McCartney Racing Team |
| 2001 | Saturn Cycling Team |
| 2002-2003 | Prime Alliance Cycling Team |
| 2005 | Kodak Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
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Matt DeCanio (born April 5, 1977) is an American ex-professional racing cyclist.
DeCanio is an outspoken critic of doping in the sport, and founded the Stolen Underground anti-doping movement after voluntarily confessing to performance-enhancing drug use and serving a two-year ban for doping.[2][3]
DeCanio was sued in 2008 by convicted doper Kayle Leogrande for defamation, after publishing a recorded telephone call between himself and Suzanne Sonye,[4] although the suit was thrown out by a judge in the Superior Court of California.[5]
In 2010 he was making a comeback to cycling, racing for French amateur team Olympique Cycliste Val d'Oise.[6]
In 2022 DeCanio wrote an autobiography detailing his entire racing career and the fallout of him calling out Lance Armstrong and others for doping, long before Armstrong admitted it. He reveals in his book how he was seen as crazy for bringing to light all the doping in the sport, as well as blacklisted, slandered, and threatened.[7]
Palmares[edit]
- 1995
- 1st Junior Killington Stage Race[8]
- 1st
17-18 Junior Time Trial Championships[9] - 3rd Stage 4 Tour of the Gila
- 1996
- 5th Stage 3 Hessen Rundfahrt
- 1999
- 17th ITT, U-23 World Championships
- 2001
- 10th Stage 10 (ITT) Tour de Langkawi
- 3rd Overall Tour of Willamette[10]
- 3rd Stage 2 Tour of the Gila
- 2002
- 2nd Overall Tour de Toona[11]
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Tour de Beauce[12]
- 3rd and
Stage 4[13] - 3rd Stage 7
- 3rd and
- 2003
- 5th Overall Sea Otter Classic (USA)
- 10th Stage 2 (ITT)
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Copa America de Ciclismo, São Paulo (BRA)
- 3rd Stage 2 Solano Bicycle Classic (USA)
- 3rd Stage 1 Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Royal Plaza Fitchburg (USA)
References[edit]
- ^ "Museo del Ciclismo". Museo del Ciclismo. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Matt DeCanio - Unchained!". VeloVeritas. 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ^ "Matt DeCanio defamation case nearing end | New York Daily News". Nydailynews.com. 2008-09-05. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ "Judge strikes down cyclist's suit that was meant to intimidate". NY Daily News. 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ de Boulangué Jean-pierre » Ven 1 Oct 2010 14:58 (2010-10-01). "OCVO95 • Afficher le sujet - Classement National par points année 2010". Ocvo.fr. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ RAC3R, The D3AD (2022). TLO Winning Doesn't Matter. Barnes and Noble Press. ISBN 9798823106399.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ DeCanio, Matt (11 July 2004). "Introducing Matt DeCanio..." Pedal Magazine. Pedal Magazine. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "USA Cycling Records" (PDF). USA Cycling. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Interactive, VeloNews (15 April 2001). "Dunlap, Wohlberg shine at Tour of Willamette". VeloNews. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Cycling Archives". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Tour de Beauce". tourdebeauce.com. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Jones, Robert (20 June 2002). "Barthe takes Stage 4 at GP de Beauce; Decanio leads GC". VeloNews. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
External links[edit]
- Stolen Underground
- Matthew Decanio at ProCyclingStats
- Matthew Decanio at Cycling Archives
- Matt DeCanio at First Cycling
- Olympique Cycliste Val d'Oise