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So 6000iu of Epo raises haemaglobin by 6%, which then aids various measures (but not all) of athletic performance. The Telegraph article is ridiculous, as if all the 90s dopers only administered small doeses of Epo, and not as much as was needed to get big increases in haemaglobin.
Even if the gains available are not as dramatic as people have assumed, any performance gain in elite athletes that are trained to their physiological maximums, will have a dramatic effect on performance compared to their undoped competitors.