I think in this instance it is important to remember that the Tour de France is a Team event. It is not so much the lightness of the bike, although it is important, but strength of the team. Lance would not have been near so unbeatable if he did not have the rear wheel of Heras and Rubiera.
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"It's not about the bike." Lance Armstrong