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.
DeCanio was sued in 2008 by convicted doper Kayle Leogrande for defamation, after publishing a recorded telephone call between himself and Suzanne Sonye, although the suit was thrown out by a judge in the Superior Court of California.
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
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 3rd Stage 2 Tour of the Gila
2002 2nd Overall Tour de Toona 1st Stage 3 2nd Overall Tour de Beauce 3rd and Stage 4 3rd Stage 7
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
External links Stolen Underground
Matt DeCanio at First Cycling Olympique Cycliste Val d'Oise