Alexandre Dougnier tested positive for over 10 prohibited drugs

Intake of anabolic steroids and other drugs that increase performance is widespread among amateur as well as professional sportspersons. It isn’t surprisingly, if sportspersons test positive for controlled medicines. But there are several unusual cases, when an individual tests positive for many prohibited medications. Here is an example.
The teenage amateur French cyclist Alexandre Dougnier tested positive for over 10 banned medicines, including over 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 included 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. Several individuals mention that this cyclist might have been a follower of the club’s doper Jacques Anquetil. This person has been claimed to be a celebrated individual of cycling’s history. He 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 cyclist had got also 2 Olympic medals.
Jacques Anquetil administrated 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 claimed that only a fool individual would endure this agony connected with the extreme sport of cycling without performance-enhancing drugs. This celebrated cyclist noted that drug testing might deprive individual liberty. Jacques Anquetil concluded that everybody doped.
It is important to note 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 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 capable to enhance performance in cyclists. As for the distributor of steroids Joseph Papp, he didn’t agree with this statement. He noticed that intake of steroids was widespread in elite cycling. According to his words, a person can use testosterone gels in a clever way without being caught by anti-doping programs: users of transdermal testosterone must take in consideration detection time.
Alexandre Dougnier was not careful and didn’t put efforts to avoid detection. He probably didn’t suggest that cyclists would be tested for banned products at the race in Aubervilliers.