A young amateur cyclist used more than 10 performance-enhancing drugs

Administration of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs is widespread among amateur as well as professional sportspeople. It isn’t surprisingly, if athletes test positive for forbidden drugs. But there are some unusual situations, when a person tests positive for numerous banned preparations. Here is an example.
Alexandre Dougnier, a teenage amateur French cyclist tested positive for over 10 prohibited preparations, including over 5 steroid metabolites. It was at a race in France in May, 2011. This young person has been sentenced to 3-year ban from competitions.
It was determined that this young cyclist had administrated such steroids, as Anavar, Dianabol and Winstrol. Other steroid metabolites which were discovered in his urine sample included  3-Hydroxystanozolol, 16b-Hydroxystanozolol, 4b-Hydroxystanozolol, Oxandrolone, epi-Oxandrolone, 6b-Hydroxymethandienone and 17-epi-Methandienone.
Alexandre Dougnier was a member of the Parisian Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt. Certain persons note that this young cyclist might have been a follower of the club’s doper Jacques Anquetil. This person has been claimed to be a well-known individual of cycling’s history. Jacques Anquetil was a member of the club de Boulogne-Billancourt in 1950s and 1960s. Jacques Anquetil was the first cyclist who had won the Tour de France 5 times. He had received also 2 Olympic medals.
Jacques Anquetil used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. Furthermore, this cyclist defended doping during a TV debate with the French sports minister. He noticed that it was not possible to endure cold, heat waves and rain in mountains during cycling without doping. He claimed that only a fool person would endure these conditions connected with the extreme sport of cycling without doping. This celebrated cyclist added that drug testing might deprive individual liberty. Jacques Anquetil said that everybody doped.
It is important to notice steroids were not so widespread among cyclists in 1950s and 1960s. Usage of more dangerous amphetamines was more widespread during those years. As for intake of anabolic steroids, it has become more enhanced during past two decades.
Let observe which affirmations have been said about steroids, when other cyclists have been caught using them. When Floyd Landis was caught taking testosterone, it was argued by his legal team that neither anabolic steroids, nor other performance-enhancing drugs were able to increase performance in cyclists.  As for the distributor of steroids Joseph Papp, he didn’t agree with this affirmation. He noticed that administration of steroids was widespread in elite cycling. According to his words, any individual may take testosterone gels in a clever way without being caught by anti-doping programs: users of transdermal testosterone should take in consideration detection time.
Alexandre Dougnier wasn’t careful and didn’t attempt to avoid detection. He probably didn’t suppose that cyclists would be tested for banned medications at the race in Aubervilliers.