Why do you have to assume that Lance is using anything? Just surviving cancer like he did puts him in an elite category. Pushing himself to race and win may be just stuck in his head that he had to survive cancer in order to accomplish something. An event like that would certainly change most people’s priorities. There is also the chance, however slim, that the chemo he got while being treated for cancer did something to his overall system and gave him an advantage. Maybe he is making more of his own natural HGH and making good use of it. Athletes are far better today not because doping is totally rampant, but because exercise routines have been fine tuned as well as the food they eat and the vitamins that go with it. Should we ban carrots and yams because they have a heavy dose of vitamin A? Staying as far away from things like McDonalds and the like and making your own food can do wonders. No matter where you go to eat out, you are being given heavy doses of salt and other chemicals and fats that are beyond your control. Intelligent nutrition and a well balanced and intensive exercise regimen will work wonders for someone who is already genetically one up on the competition. Bill Baka—bbaka