Carlos Betancur discussion thread

[perico]

He will stay at Movistar imo.

They could use him with their deflated climbing dom ranks.

 

[Popchu]

Started his season in San Luis, now racing in Colombia. Not exactly looking sharp but at least he will have some early season racing in the legs (in comparison with previous years).

Anyone a summary of the interview (cf. link below)?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1227997576739328001

View: https://twitter.com/mundociclistico/status/1227997576739328001

 

[Escarabajo]

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.

 

[Popchu]

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.

Pretty sure the form is not there to even come close to "battle for the stage".

 

[Joelsim]

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.

It’ll be Alaphilippe, Higuita, Martinez, Bernal, Carapaz, Sevilla and Ardila.

 

[Koronin]

He doesn't appear to have the form. I'd suspect if anyone from Movistar is battling for the stage it'd be either Rubio or Alba, the two young Colombians on the team.

 

[yaco]

The most important thing is Betancur is in decent enough shape to be riding in January - This augurs well for the rest of the year.

 

[42x16ss]

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.

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.

Betancur should be ok tomorrow, but not fighting for the stage and TBF he shouldn't be. He's got to step up some this year and concentrate on building form because Mas and Soler are going to need all the help they can get.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Guess who missed the flight out of Colombia?

Betancur's season in doubt after missing Colombian 'sport flight'

Movistar rider may not be able to join his teammates for planned programme

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[DNP-Old]

Guess who missed the flight out of Colombia?

Betancur's season in doubt after missing Colombian 'sport flight'

Movistar rider may not be able to join his teammates for planned programme

www.cyclingnews.com

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.

 

[RedheadDane]

Dying? I thought it was "just" someone who'd gotten sick or something, which would - of course - be more than enough reason for him to not want to leave.