Carlos Betancur discussion thread

[SergeDeM]

Looks like Betancur is moving up a level. He's gone from embarrassing to run of the mill.

 

[jaylew]

Agreed. He's going to be be in shape by the third week. Maybe he can go for a stage.

Much thinner, too.

 

[Taxus4a]

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35th today ... hooray hooray hooray!

Its funny how some fans are celebrating his 35th position almost like winning a rainbow jersey

It must be like that in cycling, the easy sometimes is to win, the difficult and key steps are the importants.

Maybe he dont progress more than that anymore, but it is a big progression from last summer and maybe he could perform this year close to his previous level, maybe even this Giro.

He has been two Vuelta a España riding at the last part of the peloton. This of course is not the same.

I like to follow the progresion of riders from the bottom to the top.

 

[movingtarget]

Sport is full of enigmas like Betancur. Half the time he is probably not even trying or not even training, who would know ?

 

[hfer07]

Fat Cat getting into some shape - at least the good one so to speak .............

Even with all this improvement-I doubt he can achieve anything in this Giro, since is required to have a "great form" to pursue a stage win-the least-

Carlos MUST realize that TIME cannot be wasted with his lack of commitment and have this mentality of- "next season" type, well knowing how short a cyclist's career can be if he doesn't live up to his full potential & fully develop his talents.

 

[Banana_Joe]

Betancur in the first couple riders actually? Wow!

 

[Arredondo]

We've got a winner tomorrow!

 

[IndianCyclist]

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Fat Cat getting into some shape - at least the good one so to speak .............

Even with all this improvement-I doubt he can achieve anything in this Giro, since is required to have a "great form" to pursue a stage win-the least-

Carlos MUST realize that TIME cannot be wasted with his lack of commitment and have this mentality of- "next season" type, well knowing how short a cyclist's career can be if he doesn't live up to his full potential & fully develop his talents.

If he realized, he wouldn't be in this sorry state

 

[lenric]

Fatancur is riding Giro as a way of preparing himself for le Tour, which makes him smarter than Ullrich, who rode the Tour to prepare... the Tour.

 

[IndianCyclist]

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Fatancur is riding Giro as a way of preparing himself for le Tour, which makes him smarter than Ullrich, who rode the Tour to prepare... the Tour.

Ullrich was insanely talented & it worked for him

 

[Jancouver]

After todays stage, I think Fatancur is closer to being a sprinter than being a climber

 

[lenric]

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Fatancur is riding Giro as a way of preparing himself for le Tour, which makes him smarter than Ullrich, who rode the Tour to prepare... the Tour.

Ullrich was insanely talented & it worked for him

Yes, it worked so well that he achieved 20% of his potential.

 

[IndianCyclist]

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Fatancur is riding Giro as a way of preparing himself for le Tour, which makes him smarter than Ullrich, who rode the Tour to prepare... the Tour.

Ullrich was insanely talented & it worked for him

Yes, it worked so well that he achieved 20% of his potential.

Even with that 2 GTs and number of GT podiums. Not 30+ like Betancur

 

[NairoQ]

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After todays stage, I think Fatancur is closer to being a sprinter than being a climber

And what is he, watching today's stage?

 

[Merckx index]

Since the Vuelta 2011, bike racing has been going to the dogs, so the wise choice is Bet on Cur.

 

[DBotero]

He gave it a try today,so his level is clear.He might be ready for Le Tour if selected.

 

[Popchu]

He gave it a try today,so his level is clear.He might be ready for Le Tour if selected.

Don't give up the third week of this Giro yet. Today he wasn't good enough, but it wasn't that bad. Don't forget he and Kruijswijk did a lot of effort in the breakaway.

I don't expect him to ride the Tour de France. That would be too much. My only concern is he won't train again after this Giro when he goes back to Colombia. But let's stay positive, he races in the front again since a few days.

 

[Jancouver]

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After todays stage, I think Fatancur is closer to being a sprinter than being a climber

And what is he, watching today's stage?

Well, as I said before, when you spend the winter joking around, you will never catch up during the season. Nothing too complicated about that.

And to answer your question, currently he really is closer to being a "finisher" than climber as that sprinting requires only a burst of energy where climber needs a proper fitness that is only achieved with long term training/planning.

 

[Irondan]

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After todays stage, I think Fatancur is closer to being a sprinter than being a climber

I don't know, he looked a lot leaner today than anytime in the past 2 seasons. IMO

 

[jens_attacks]

lelli said that he was probably the strongest but worked way too much
i agree with him. steve k was the strongest all day though
but nice work by bananito

 

[SergeDeM]

Bananito's first top 10 of the season... is he moving up another level?
Embarrasing -> Run of the mill -> Promising???

 

[hfer07]

two days in row participating in the breakaway only means he's getting better and better. keep going Bananito, keep slimming down that fat azz of yours

 

[BigMac]

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two days in row participating in the breakaway only means he's getting better and better. keep going Bananito, keep slimming down that fat azz of yours

Until he becomes a precocious Thomas Vockler and can only win from the break. Not that I think Betancur will get another win in his career, no.

 

[DBotero]

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two days in row participating in the breakaway only means he's getting better and better. keep going Bananito, keep slimming down that fat azz of yours

If he keeps going like this with breakaway after breakaway,he'll not finish this Giro.He should target a stage win and that's it,spare his efforts and concentrate on this goal.

 

[Jancouver]

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two days in row participating in the breakaway only means he's getting better and better. keep going Bananito, keep slimming down that fat azz of yours

Slimming down or fat azz has nothing to do with his current "performance" ...

hint ... there is quite a few slim guys in the pro peloton that cant climb $H!T ...