the sceptic said:
JV seems to have abandoned this thread for good. Its been a rough year for "speeds are down"
Or maybe he is preparing a comeback for the 2014 tour now that we know its possible for 41 year olds to win grand tours clean
I must have heard him make that very statement, qualified by "on average", at least a half dozen, if not a full dozen, times at the Armstrong Lie premiere.
Honest.
He said it on stage during the Q+A, and then afterwards as he made his way up to the waiting limo.
The interesting bit (for me) was the qualification, "If you look at the top performers, on average and not at the extremes, power output and speed are down" (forgive me if there is some slight paraphrasing in that, but it is pretty close if not exactly what he said multiple times)
So, who was he singling out 'at the extremes'?
Dave.