A young cyclist from France used more than 10 banned preparations

Usage of anabolic steroids and other drugs that increase performance is widespread among amateur as well as professional athletes. It isn’t surprisingly, when sportspersons test positive for prohibited products. But there are several unusual situations, when an individual tests positive for many banned medicines. Here is an example.
The teenage amateur French cyclist Alexandre Dougnier tested positive for more than 10 banned medications, including more than 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 taken such steroids, as Anavar, Dianabol and Winstrol. Other steroid metabolites that were discovered in his urine sample were following;  3-Hydroxystanozolol, 16b-Hydroxystanozolol, 4b-Hydroxystanozolol, Oxandrolone, epi-Oxandrolone, 6b-Hydroxymethandienone and 17-epi-Methandienone.
This amateur cyclist was a member of the Parisian Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt. Certain individuals note that this amateur cyclist might have been a follower of the club’s doper Jacques Anquetil. This person has been considered 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. He was the first cyclist who had won the Tour de France 5 times. This cyclist had got also 2 Olympic medals.
Jacques Anquetil took steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. Furthermore, 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. He confirmed that only a fool person would endure this agony connected with the extreme sport of cycling without performance-enhancing drugs. This celebrated cyclist added that drug testing might deprive personal liberty. Jacques Anquetil concluded that everybody doped.
It is important to know steroids were not so widespread among cyclists in 1950s and 1960s. Intake of more dangerous amphetamines was more widespread during those years. As for usage of anabolic steroids, it has become more widespread 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 confirmed 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 time of detection.
Alexandre Dougnier wasn’t careful and didn’t put efforts to avoid detection. He probably didn’t suggest that cyclists would be tested for forbidden preparations at the race in Aubervilliers.