was more or less pretty -- at the time it was pretty easy to pass these tests. i passed a couple hundred doping controls myself. you know? >> when lance armstrong joined the u.s. postal service team in 1998 following his recovery from cancer, he shared a room with tyler hamilton. >> did you both talk about drugs together? >> we did. we did. and, you know, didn't -- it wasn't -- every conversation wasn't about drugs, but yeah, we talked about it behind closed doors. absolutely. absolutely. '98 i was pretty green, so i asked a lot of questions. i learned a lot. >> so he was quite open with you -- >> tyler hamilton says lance armstrong was surprisingly relaxed about where he kept his epo. >> when i was at his house in nice, france, i asked him for some. and he kindly said yeah, no problem. and it was just on the inside door of his refrigerator.