Matt DeCanio (born April 5, 1977) is an American ex-professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

. DeCanio is an outspoken critic of doping in the sport, and founded th
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anti-doping movement after voluntarily confessing to performance-enhancing drug use and serving a two-year ban for doping. DeCanio was sued in 2008 by convicted doper Kayle Leogrande for defamation, after publishing a recorded telephone call between himself and

Suzanne Sonye Suzanne Sonye is an American professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. She was a member of the Saturn Cycling Team from 2000 to 2002. In 2007, while Sonye was working as a soigneur for Rock Racing, cyclist Kayle Leogrande told her th ...

, although the suit was thrown out by a judge in the

Superior Court of California Superior courts in California are the State court (United States), state trial courts with general jurisdiction to hear and decide any civil or criminal action which is not specially designated to be heard in some other court or before a governm ...

. In 2010 he was making a comeback to cycling, racing for French amateur team Olympique Cycliste Val d'Oise. 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.

Palmares

;1995 : 1st Junior Killington Stage Race : 1st 17-18 Junior Time Trial Championships : 3rd Stage 4

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI Americ ...

;1996 : 5th Stage 3

Hessen Rundfahrt Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

;1999 : 17th ITT, U-23 World Championships ;2001 : 10th Stage 10 (ITT)

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a stage race, multiple stage bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily ...

: 3rd Overall Tour of Willamette : 3rd Stage 2

;2002 : 2nd Overall

Tour de Toona The International Tour de Toona was a stage bicycle race held in Central Pennsylvania in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning Blair, Cambria, Bedford, and Somerset C ...

::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Overall

Tour de Beauce Tour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986. It is the oldest stage-race in North America, and is a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-rated 2. ...

::3rd and Stage 4 ::3rd Stage 7 ;2003 : 5th Overall

Sea Otter Classic The Sea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor sports festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The four-day event is considered the world's largest cycling festival, ...

(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)

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Matt DeCanio
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Olympique Cycliste Val d'Oise
{{DEFAULTSORT:Decanio, Matt American male cyclists 1977 births Living people Doping cases in cycling Place of birth missing (living people)