Professional cyclist fired for breaking contract through anti-doping statements

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Monday, February 21, 2005 Professional cyclist Matt Decanio was fired in January from the Ofoto/Sierra Nevada cycling team for breaking what the team spokesman Josh Kadis called "ground rules" about what materials Decanio would be permitted to post on his anti-doping website, according to a report by VeloNews. The websites at issue are Stolen Underground and Mattdecanio.com. Decanio's anti-doping stance started with his admission to the use of EPO in the summer of 2003 in preparation for the Housatonic Valley Classic in Connecticut, USA.

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• Neal Rogers "Ofoto fires DeCanio over web sites". VeloNews, January 24, 2005
• Joe Lindsey "Down With the Ship". Bicycling.com, February 3, 2005
• "History of doping on Sierra Nevada". Stolen Underground,
• Matt Decanio "How To Deal With The Problem of Doping". Racelistings.com, June 12, 2004

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