Matt Decanio

[blackcat]

I hear jonny vee has commissioned the fleet from Stolen Underground to enforce anti-doping.

it is apocryphal that stolen underground is a reference to when decanio had his virginity deflowered by the hog

 

[thehog]

JV showed Matt how to booooooooost. The right way.

JV took his European learnings back stateside.

 

[Captain Serious]

What's the latest with this guy? I recently stumbled across his story

http://www.veloveritas.co.uk/2013/10/03/matt-de-canio-unchained/
http://velorooms.com/index.php?topic=4167.0

What happened to his "book"?
His website no longer exists as a blog: http://www.su13.us/
These days it looks like he's just posting odd stuff on Twitter, and weird videos with him off his chops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c6HtpURM-0

 

[the delgados]

Thanks for the trip down nostalgia lane.
blackcat and Decanio were always a treat to read on this message board.
p.s. Great interview by Ed Hood.
p.p.s. I could be wrong, but I don't recall Decanio's hero Svein Tuft winning a stage of Le Tour.

 

[HelmutRoole]

Thanks for the trip down nostalgia lane.
blackcat and Decanio were always a treat to read on this message board.
p.s. Great interview by Ed Hood.
p.p.s. I could be wrong, but I don't recall Decanio's hero Svein Tuft winning a stage of Le Tour.

TTT 2013.

 

[the delgados]

Ah, thanks.

 

[Captain Serious]

blackcat and Decanio were always a treat to read on this message board.
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did Decanio post on here? Do you remember his user name?

 

[the delgados]

blackcat and Decanio were always a treat to read on this message board.
.

did Decanio post on here? Do you remember his user name?

Sorry, I shouldn't have stated that as fact.
I always assumed 13131313 etc etc and so on and so forth was Matt Decanio.

 

[Captain Serious]

blackcat and Decanio were always a treat to read on this message board.
.

did Decanio post on here? Do you remember his user name?

Sorry, I shouldn't have stated that as fact.
I always assumed 13131313 etc etc and so on and so forth was Matt Decanio.

Thanks

 

[zlev11]

pretty sure that wasn't him, doesn't match his writing style at all.

 

[Captain Serious]

Yes, 131313 writes better than DeCanio, from what little I've seen of his. Did anyone figure out who 131313 is?

 

[Irondan]

D3AD RAC3R • 3 hours ago
A break away with Uran and Martin will crack sky. The rest are going to follow Froome. As for the future of American cycling it's very grim. Especially with my new book that is coming out with a single reason to destroy it and force all sellouts out. All of the corrupt continue to lead and they continue to influence. Problem is that until USA Cycling comes clean with their past and as long as Armstrong is promoted in America the sport is DEAD.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/can...ore-end-of-tour-de-france/#comment-3421275693

 

[Irondan]

D3AD RAC3R • 3 hours ago
Why would anyone want to sponsor Cycling when the very dopers who destroyed the sport latch desperately to team jobs and tv interviewing positions? They might not be doping but it's their energy and their ideas which are unhealthy and completely wrong. Fact is pro cycling needs to focus less on basing self worth on results and more on the beauty of they sport. That means all racers submit to the fact that true love is ourselves and therefore if you truly love yourself you wouldnt be Lance Armstrong or a two faced Vaughters. Fact is Vaughters covered up evidence and manipulated media to win sponsors for his team. This fact has sponsors nervous if they are smart. I think Vaughters knows what he has done and he can't say anything about it. My book will cover this and yes some American pro riders might lose a team but it's not a team with proper foundations. There are many alternatives and they can come up in the French systems. Look at the French in the Tour then look at the Americans. All of the American riders are boring or trying to win promote self like Phinney with his stupid updates and peace sign. Former Trek Livestrong rider who owes his career to Lance. Let these teams and riders die off with Lance. A social justice hair style and peace sign do very little when you have already made a alliance with the dark side Lance Armstrong.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/can...ore-end-of-tour-de-france/#comment-3421275693

 

[Irondan]

D3AD RAC3R • 3 hours ago
Vaughters you know what you did and everything will be made in a formal book that is going to rock the cycling world written by Stolen Underground called "Winning Doesn't Matter." I can only hope this crushes your team and destroys American cycling down to a level worse than corn hole. Lance Armstrong clowns must all go down with your leader. Don't pretend any longer Vaughters you told me not to write articles about Landis doping when he was. Then you make a clean team. Shame is all over your face.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/can...ore-end-of-tour-de-france/#comment-3421275693

 

[Irondan]

D3AD RAC3R • 3 hours ago
As a message to the fans from a UCI Pro Yellow Jersey winner won without doping against corrupt pros in the peak of doping. Simply put the guys who are on top of the record books are not the top cyclists of the world during that period of Armstrong. Simply put those who refused Lance were removed and now we have to deal with their weak leadership and wisdom of life. It's uninspiring watching poorly coached teams of racers on world team level run by pathetic former racers who couldn't have won a single race without the needle. I know who worshipped Lance and one has a polka dot jersey. Not impressed at all. Not making me buy a cannondale. Cannondale should switch to French teams.

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/posting.php?mode=reply&f=20&t=20957

 

[Irondan]

D3AD RAC3R • 3 hours ago
As for Team Sky they are racing against each other and the fact Froome was chasing down his boy is the reason he will lose the TDF.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/can...ore-end-of-tour-de-france/#comment-3421275693

 

[Irondan]

D3AD RAC3R • 3 hours ago
Look for my book to come out around when Lance loses his $100,000,000. I'm attacking USA Cycling, USOC, USADA, and all pro teams and riders with the exception of one rider who earned my respect and that is Svein Tuft.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/can...ore-end-of-tour-de-france/#comment-3421275693

 

[Irondan]

D3AD RAC3R • 3 hours ago
Svein Tuft is the beauty of pro cycling but with former Lance Armstrong loyalists running half of the world tour we as fans might never get a pure tour as long as these scum desperately have positioned themselves into powerful positions of leadership. True love is ourselves and winning doesn't matter something pro riders need to understand if they did both Cav and Sagan would still be in the Tour. There is a point where a racer stops it's the point of integrity and where self love can not be lost for a TDF win. Lance is a man with zero self love and all who follow him share in the self hating negative energy problem.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/can...ore-end-of-tour-de-france/#comment-3421275693

 

[Irondan]

D3AD RAC3R • 3 hours ago
Millions of fans all led to base entire self worth on results because Christian Vandevelde says winning matters? The same guy who told me in 1997 not to write an article about doping on my Italian U-23 team? The guy who got a 6 month paid vacation for doping during his career. A guy who continues to have a voice? Are you serious NBC? Don't worry I learned something special on suicide watch and surviving my rock bottom phase of life pro cycling stuck me in. Like the ex pro racers who kill themselves when they are no longer at the top. The fact that your words are empty and all your actions are for self gain is obvious and your words are not there because your soul isn't.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/can...ore-end-of-tour-de-france/#comment-3421275693

 

[Irondan]

D3AD RAC3R • 3 hours ago
And as for Cycling News you were never fair to me as well. Zero media was. Check what Alex Jones says about Lance then let's break down this Trump FAKE NEWS fiasco. Fact is fake news has been around forever and it's time we grow as humanity and start to focus inward on true love is ourselves and winning doesn't matter. That's the only direction to push pro cycling. If this fails the TDF will always just be a bunch of guys who might as well be on Facebook live beating up white people because they are black and they are trying to win. It's all the same thing. Life is a test of love will you sell your soul for external love sources or will you look inside? HGH, EPO, doping, hidden motors, secret jersey designs, all these ways to win have zero self love attributes. Love yourselves winning doesn't matter now I ask you if a TDF descent is dangerous? Nope not at all only dangerous when winning a race is worth more than your empty soul.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/can...ore-end-of-tour-de-france/#comment-3421275693

 

[Irondan]

D3AD RAC3R • 2 hours ago
Young American racers should flock to France each region has a team paid by France. Some of these teams in 2010 reported that medicines were still in sport. But it's not as bad as Italy in 1997-1998 during the height of doping. It's possible to win clean even against doping and I am very proud of Kittel. I admire his anti Armstrong comments. I hope he wins more stages.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/can...ore-end-of-tour-de-france/#comment-3421275693

 

[Benotti69]

well done Irondan

 

[BullsFan22]

So that's Decanio? Ok. Interesting stuff from him. Only in the 21st century can we have Lance Armstrong, Alex Jones, Donald Trump, Jonathan Vaughters and Dave Brailsford in the comments section of a cycling website! To quote the great King Theoden (of LOTR fame)..."How did it come to this?"

 

[Benotti69]

I am not sure Decanio is in a good place at the moment.

 

[pmcg76]

I think DeCanio is shooting himself in the foot badly here. 'Interesting perspective' is not the words I would use based on those comments, more like absolutely demented. Vengance and personal grudges are not going to get you very much credibility, sure people who hate JV may get a bit of a kick out of it, but really, setting out to destroy a cycling team or American cycling is pure psycho talk and by putting that out there as his raison d'etre, De Canio can be easily dismissed regardless of whether he has anything interesting to add to the conversation.

I definitely think DeCanio could offer some insight to what went on in the early to mid 00s, but what contact has he had with the sport in the last 10 years? Unless he is getting inside info from someone currently connected with the sport, I cannot see him offering much in the way of current goings-on.

Also like in his previous guise, he is all over the place.

-Anyone in any way associated with Lance is to be written off, regardless of what actual personal interaction they had with him.
-Marcel Kittel is clean and to be applauded.
-French cycling is clean? I find the idea that the likes of FDJ and AG2R with Madiot and Lavenu at the top are all good, but Cannondale need to be destroyed. What is the difference between any of those teams?
-Svein Tuft is the only good guy out there yet he rode for JV for years.

There are so many contradictions there alone, it just doesn't add up. DeCanio could actually add something to the whole thing if it was done in the correct manner, sadly his ranting and raving make that possibility seem unlikely.