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Both Lance Armstrong & Miguel Indurain were hovering right on the extreme top end of the bell curve physiologically. Indurain's 8 litre lung capacity (an advantage shared by Coppi) and Armstrong's ridiculous lactate tolerance set them up nicely.
Natural ability is always a large part of it.