A young cyclist from France was suspended for 3 years

Intake of anabolic steroids and other medications that increase performance is widespread among amateur and professional sportspeople. It isn’t surprisingly, if sportspersons test positive for forbidden medicines. But there are certain unusual situations, when an individual tests positive for many banned medicines. Here is an example.
Alexandre Dougnier, a teenage amateur French cyclist tested positive for more than 10 banned preparations, 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 defined that this young cyclist had administrated such steroids, as Anavar, Dianabol and Winstrol. Other steroid metabolites that were discovered in his urine sample included  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 persons note that this cyclist might have been a follower of the club’s doper Jacques Anquetil. This person has been considered to be a famous 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 that had won the Tour de France 5 times. This person 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 noted 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 famous cyclist added that drug testing might deprive individual liberty. Jacques Anquetil concluded that everyone doped.
It is necessary 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 widespread during past 2 decades.
Let observe which affirmations have been said about steroids, when other cyclists have been caught taking them. When the cyclist Floyd Landis was caught using 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 mentioned that usage of steroids was widespread in elite cycling. According to his words, any individual can administrate testosterone gels in a clever way without being detected by anti-doping programs: users of transdermal testosterone must take in consideration time of detection.
Alexandre Dougnier wasn’t cautious and didn’t attempt to avoid detection. He probably didn’t suppose that cyclists would be tested for banned products at the race in Aubervilliers.