A young cyclist tested positive for more than 10 controlled substances

Intake of anabolic steroids and other medicines which enhance performance is widespread among amateur as well as professional sportspersons. It isn’t surprisingly, when sportspersons test positive for controlled drugs. But there are several unusual situations, when an individual tests positive for many banned products. Here is an example.
Alexandre Dougnier, a teenage amateur French cyclist tested positive for more than 10 banned products, including more than 5 steroid metabolites. It was at a race in France in May, 2011. He has been sentenced to 3-year ban from competitions.
It was determined that this young cyclist had taken such steroids, as Anavar, Dianabol and Winstrol. Other steroid metabolites which were discovered in his urine sample were following; 3-Hydroxystanozolol, 16b-Hydroxystanozolol, 4b-Hydroxystanozolol, Oxandrolone, epi-Oxandrolone, 6b-Hydroxymethandienone and 17-epi-Methandienone.
This young cyclist was a member of the Parisian Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt. Certain persons mention that Alexandre Dougnier might have been a follower of the club’s doper Jacques Anquetil. This person has been claimed to be a famous individual of cycling’s history. He was a member of the club de Boulogne-Billancourt in 1950s and 1960s. He was the first cyclist that had won the Tour de France 5 times. This person had obtained also 2 Olympic medals.
Jacques Anquetil used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. Moreover, this cyclist defended doping during a TV debate with the French sports minister. He said that it was not possible to endure cold, heat waves and rain in mountains during cycling without doping. Jacques Anquetil confirmed that only a fool person would endure this agony related to the extreme sport of cycling without performance-enhancing drugs. This well-known cyclist noted that drug testing might deprive individual liberty. Jacques Anquetil said that everyone doped.
It is important to mention steroids were not so widespread among cyclists in 1950s and 1960s. Usage of more dangerous amphetamines was more widespread during those years. As for usage of anabolic steroids, it has become more enhanced during past 2 decades.
Let see which affirmations have been said about steroids, when other cyclists have been caught taking them. When the cyclist Floyd Landis was caught applying testosterone, it was claimed by his legal team that neither anabolic steroids, nor other performance-enhancing drugs were able to enhance performance in cyclists. As for the distributor of steroids Joseph Papp, he didn’t agree with this statement. He noted that intake of steroids was widespread in elite cycling. According to his words, any individual can use testosterone gels in a clever way without being caught by anti-doping programs: users of transdermal testosterone must take in consideration time of detection.
Alexandre Dougnier was not cautious and didn’t put efforts to avoid detection. He probably didn’t suppose that cyclists would be tested for forbidden drugs at the race in Aubervilliers.