I still think Lance is a god.

He played the game the same as everybody else. He just played it a lot further than anyone else. He played by the same (unofficial) rules as the next champion. It was afterall another team (Spain? I don't remember) that spilled the beans during some trash talk on an attack when he was racing clean.

People are haters because they can't face the music. It's their disappointment, their disillusionment talking. He was just more determined to keep pushing where others chickened out or backed off in the drug test arena. It really is as simple as that.

My understanding is, when you reach the highest, elitist, most fit physical condition you can be, EPO doesn't actually offer any advantages. Physiologically the room for gain just isn't there anymore. Maybe for mere mortals or CAT3, CAT2 racers it could help, but world class? They are already as good as their body can be.