I really don't know what to make of Betancur's Giro. His fifteenth place was miles behind thirteenth and so a step below the best domestiques. Maybe he just stayed where he needed to be for the team, but the young Betancur was too dynamic not to be loosed for hunting one or two stages.
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I think the move makes sense. He's stock is actually a bit high ATM. He's got pulled back a lot after Carapaz's stage win, and he's starting to look like he could be a good GT dom and a one-week leader. And Movistar is pretty set on that front. The question is if he can still hack it outside the Movistar envelope.
Re: Re:
That has been in use (as acronym for Movistar) for years here; applying it to Michelton-Scott was the new thing.
tobydawq said:
That has been in use (as acronym for Movistar) for years here; applying it to Michelton-Scott was the new thing.
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Interesting move. Truthfully think it would be good for Movistar as they can dump his contract and get another rider for the flats/TTs as they have more than enough climbers and some young climbers who have potential and potential to be very consistent dometiques as well. As for rather it's a good move or not for Betancur, well hopefully he's learned he needs to lay off the food and ride in shape.
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Betancur has been very professional for the last year. If he just continues like that, he could begin starting with the Vuelta to produce some great results, not seen since his spring of 2014 where he still looked (severely, almost, for a cyclist that is!) overweight! Just let that continue and Im sure he will do well on UAE if he chooses to go in that direction. At this point, Soler, Rosón and Carapaz are more obvious to get leader roles in races the tridente aren't racing and they are younger as well.
Also good points about getting a more well balanced team, that Ganna kid is super promising and would basically be the new Malori, yeah.
Also good points about getting a more well balanced team, that Ganna kid is super promising and would basically be the new Malori, yeah.
Have there been any sightings of this guy since May?
Nothing on his Twitter or Instagram since June 1st.
He keeps getting included on provisional startlists for races and then mysteriously disappearing from the official list, without any statement or explanation from Movistar. For example, procyclingstats has had him on Movistar's team for the Hamburg Cyclassics, but Movistar just announced the official roster and Betancur is not on it.
Nothing on his Twitter or Instagram since June 1st.
He keeps getting included on provisional startlists for races and then mysteriously disappearing from the official list, without any statement or explanation from Movistar. For example, procyclingstats has had him on Movistar's team for the Hamburg Cyclassics, but Movistar just announced the official roster and Betancur is not on it.
- May 9, 2010
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What is strange about this absence is that during his previous ones, he was at least posting pictures of his son on Instagram. The complete lack of information is new this time.
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Well yeah, he is most likely leaving and tbh Im quite happy about that. If he just could string one year together... he has been unlucky tho, he was really climbing well in the Vuelta and the injuries transferred to the next season which put him behind and he could never quite catch up. Still, he is not worth betting on anymore for Movistar.
I doubt he'd be comfortable at an English speaking team.Gigs_98 said:
He was Movistar 2nd best rider at the Giro finishing 15th in GC despite the huge loss of time on the Finestre stage after being in the early break. His problem is that having finished in the top 20 in the last two GTs he's completed he has shown himself as neither a potential leader nor a useful domestique. Movistar will probably do with him what they did with Pardilla.
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An Italian PCT team wouldn't be too bad for him, Savio would probably give him a results based contract and he has already raced for an Italian team before.
In the end it wasn't a bad signing for Movistar, he got them a few decent results and if he didn't crash durning the last Vuelta he could have been even better.
I mean look at Diego Rosa at Sky, almost no results besides winning Coppi e Bartali and apparently they are paying +1M per season (overall 3.5M for 3 years).
In the end it wasn't a bad signing for Movistar, he got them a few decent results and if he didn't crash durning the last Vuelta he could have been even better.
I mean look at Diego Rosa at Sky, almost no results besides winning Coppi e Bartali and apparently they are paying +1M per season (overall 3.5M for 3 years).
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It was not the case of proving AG2R wrong. He proved himself wrong with his behavior. His results at Movistar didn't prove anything.
He was going to have his best results in that Vuelta 2017. He is a decent rider but he needs to be a good domestique now.
He was going to have his best results in that Vuelta 2017. He is a decent rider but he needs to be a good domestique now.
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