Is the UCI's Biological Passport flawed?

[mrhender]

Dr. Ferrari will a write a comment soon regarding the bbc article about the bio passport. Or better..the bio passport in general.

Seriously?

Care to elaborate?

Link?
Where etc?

 

[neineinei]

Altitude training causes haematological fluctuations with relevance for the Athlete Biological Passport.
Authors: Bonne TC1, Lundby C, Lundby AK, Sander M, Bejder J, Nordsborg NB.
Drug Test Anal. 2014 Dec 28. doi: 10.1002/dta.1757

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/25252093/

The impact of altitude training on haematological parameters and the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) was evaluated in international-level elite athletes. One group of swimmers lived high and trained high (LHTH, n = 10) for three to four weeks at 2130 m or higher whereas a control group (n = 10) completed a three-week training camp at sea-level. Haematological parameters were determined weekly three times before and four times after the training camps. ABP thresholds for haemoglobin concentration ([Hb]), reticulocyte percentage (RET%), OFF score and the abnormal blood profile score (ABPS) were calculated using the Bayesian model. After altitude training, six swimmers exceeded the 99% ABP thresholds: two swimmers exceeded the OFF score thresholds at day +7; one swimmer exceeded the OFF score threshold at day +28; one swimmer exceeded the threshold for RET% at day +14; and one swimmer surpassed the ABPS threshold at day +14. In the control group, no values exceeded the individual ABP reference range. In conclusion, LHTH induces haematological changes in Olympic-level elite athletes which can exceed the individually generated references in the ABP. Training at altitude should be considered a confounding factor for ABP interpretation for up to four weeks after altitude exposure but does not consistently cause abnormal values in the ABP.

or as Bertagnolli told the Padova magistate:

Ferrari also advised me as to the timing of blood transfusions, saying to draw the blood before going to altitude and to reinfuse it upon my return, hence to better explain the phase shifts of the parameters, haematocrit, reticulocytes, etc.

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2012/10/12/3493598/bertagnolli-speaks-in-english