Here is George celebrating his recent United States Championship, wearing the national champion's jersey.
If Vino had won the TDF this year, he may not have had the energy to win the Vuelta as well. But I think his performance at this year's Vuelta shows that had he been allowed to compete in France this year, he would have kicked butt.
The peloton has two speeds. The speed of Vino and the slow speed of all who are not from Kazakhstan!