I can understand the rude, arrogant, can't get over a hillock, even fat abuse/nonsense, but that's just silly. On top form, he's several km/h quicker than everyone else. It's really not close.
Actually, he usually gets some help, even if he isn't always delivered to the front with 250m to go - he got a lot of help from Martin in Paris last year to get him close to the front, for example, without giving him a lead out, per se. Although as pointed out, the Bordeaux sprint showed what can happen when he gets next to nothing in the way of a lead out. I don't think I can remember a GT sprint stage ever being won so easily. Check some of his early wins too.