Intake of anabolic steroids and other medicines which enhance performance is widespread among amateur as well as professional athletes. It isn’t surprisingly, when athletes test positive for forbidden products. But there are some unusual situations, when a person tests positive for numerous banned products. Here is a situation.
The teenage amateur French cyclist Alexandre Dougnier tested positive for more than 10 prohibited medications, including over 5 steroid metabolites. It was at a race in France in May, 2011. He has received 3-year ban from competitions.
It was defined that this young cyclist had administrated 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 cyclist was a member of the Parisian Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt. Certain individuals mention that this amateur 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. He was the first cyclist who had won the Tour de France 5 times. He had got also 2 Olympic medals.
Jacques Anquetil took 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. He mentioned that only a fool individual would endure this agony linked with the extreme sport of cycling without doping. This famous cyclist added that drug testing might deprive personal liberty. Jacques Anquetil said that everyone doped.
It is important to notice steroids were not so widespread among cyclists in 1950s and 1960s. Administration of more dangerous amphetamines was more widespread during those years. As for administration of anabolic steroids, it has become more widespread during past two decades.
Let mention which affirmations have been said about steroids, when other cyclists have used them. When the cyclist 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 enhance performance in cyclists. As for the distributor of steroids Joseph Papp, he didn’t agree with this affirmation. He noticed that usage 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 must take in consideration detection time.
Alexandre Dougnier wasn’t careful and didn’t attempt to avoid detection. He probably didn’t suggest that cyclists would be tested for prohibited preparations at the race in Aubervilliers.
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