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 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 Kayle Leogrande (born March 29, 1977) is an American road racing cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport. Leogrande was the 2006 winner of the United States National Amateur Criterium Championships, and spent two years with the infamous ...

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

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(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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Decanio, Matt American male cyclists 1977 births Living people Doping cases in cycling Place of birth missing (living people)