They could use him with their deflated climbing dom ranks.He will stay at Movistar imo.
They could use him with their deflated climbing dom ranks.He will stay at Movistar imo.
Pretty sure the form is not there to even come close to "battle for the stage".I guess he will try tomorrow. But probably not steep enough.
Tomorrow we might see him battling out for the stage with Ala, Higuita, Henao, Bernal, Carapaz, Restrepo.
Carlos won’t be battling for the stage tomorrow, he hasn’t got the motivation.I guess he will try tomorrow. But probably not steep enough.
Tomorrow we might see him battling out for the stage with Ala, Higuita, Henao, Bernal, Carapaz, Restrepo.
Alaphillippe and the guys who want to be good at the Giro, probably. But unless Bernal is going for Paris Nice I doubt he's going to go all in, it's too early.Carlos won’t be battling for the stage tomorrow, he hasn’t got the motivation.
It’ll be Alaphilippe, Higuita, Martinez, Bernal, Carapaz, Sevilla and Ardila.
Would be nice if you mentioned some context of a dying family member, but this agenda has to be ridden into the ground it seems.Guess who missed the flight out of Colombia?
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Betancur's season in doubt after missing Colombian 'sport flight'
Movistar rider may not be able to join his teammates for planned programmewww.cyclingnews.com
No. It will be easier to spot him.Back to Colombia
View: https://twitter.com/MigHermosilla/status/1319340367947452418
Never to be seen again?
No idea, really. Although his last two Movistar contracts I suspect were more of fulfilling the quota of Colombian riders Movistar needed. Part of the contract Movistar team has with Movistar (company) is a requirement of 3 Colombian riders on the team.I am not sure why this guy has such a long thread
Sure he won Paris Nice in a year the field wasn't great and parcours were rolling
But Henao , Soler and others have won PN and dont have this blind devotion
By all account Betencur was not liked in the peloton and is a bit of a pain
However what is really the issue in why he has such a long thread when he has done nothing for years.He took the money and didnt train or turn up in shape
That is not cool.He threw away a career
He is not some great bandit or cool dude ...
I think very little of the thread is born out of devotion, or people considering him cool: a very large proportion is either bemusement at, or blatant ridicule of, what has become of him as his career has gone from stall to false dawn to despair.I am not sure why this guy has such a long thread
Sure he won Paris Nice in a year the field wasn't great and parcours were rolling
But Henao , Soler and others have won PN and dont have this blind devotion
By all account Betencur was not liked in the peloton and is a bit of a pain
However what is really the issue in why he has such a long thread when he has done nothing for years.He took the money and didnt train or turn up in shape
That is not cool.He threw away a career
He is not some great bandit or cool dude ...
Rewatch 2013 Giro and Fleche, then consider what should have been.I am not sure why this guy has such a long thread
Sure he won Paris Nice in a year the field wasn't great and parcours were rolling
But Henao , Soler and others have won PN and dont have this blind devotion
By all account Betencur was not liked in the peloton and is a bit of a pain
However what is really the issue in why he has such a long thread when he has done nothing for years.He took the money and didnt train or turn up in shape
That is not cool.He threw away a career
He is not some great bandit or cool dude ...
Balotelli isn't even in the top 3 of biggest wastes of Talent in the Serie A alone in the post 2000 era.People like mercurial talents, athletes who are clearly super-talented but have some other problem (like motivation, attitude, problem outside sport etc) that holds them back and usually has them waste a lot of talent. It's more interesting than a machine who just wins all the time and doesn't have a problem.
Guys like Gascoigne, Cassano, Balotelli in football and Pantani, Vandenbroucke (more tragically) in cycling.
Pantani simply is the Tupac of cycling!People like mercurial talents, athletes who are clearly super-talented but have some other problem (like motivation, attitude, problem outside sport etc) that holds them back and usually has them waste a lot of talent. It's more interesting than a machine who just wins all the time and doesn't have a problem.
Guys like Gascoigne, Cassano, Balotelli in football and Pantani, Vandenbroucke (more tragically) in cycling.