"he is one of the greatest athletes ever,beating the dopers,while he was natural."
Well that sums it up...I mean - I have seen an amateur taking epo...useless guy, within 5 weeks he was winning races. I'm sorry, but you can't compete natural against these guys.
Not to take anything away from Lance...eg in 2003 he won through mental strength - he shudda lost that one, but he managed to claw it back. Very impressive. As a sportsman you cannot match this guy for killer temperament (unusuall for endurance guys)
they def used epo...I have seen stats of his hct, going from 41 to 48 in a couple of weeks - not possible, with altitude tents and all that bs...rubbish.
Corticosteriods. some growth probably. nighttime dialysis (to remove by products from extreme exercise).
So this man is quite something...was he doped? I'm pretty sure he was. Then again, so were a whole lot of them. But I think there were a couple of clean guys in the peleton as well, which is a shame - these guys are the real champs.