Richard Virenque, who won the King of the Mountain title at this year's Tour de France, says one of Lance's big advantages is superior technology:

Armstrong has also benefited from his team's attention to technology to reduce drag. "He leaves nothing to chance, from his helmet to the forks on his bike," said Richard Virenque, this year's "King of the Mountains,"(the best mountain climber on the tour - the seventh year in row)on French TV Saturday. "He is light years ahead of us" in technology.

I haven't seen the numbers comparing them, but I have to imagine other teams spend as much as USPS on technology and training. It's not like F1 where Ferrari is so much more dominant in terms of cash than its rivals. So while I've no doubt Lance has every state-of-the-art tech advance he wants, I'm skeptical it gives him a huge advantage. As he demonstrated in the last six stages, he's just far and away the strongest rider in the Tour.