Carlos Betancur discussion thread

[DNP-Old]

Another race, another DNF.

 

[Brullnux]

Guys these are all just training rides; he's just testing himself and his accelerations. We can see in the first picture he dropped most of the peloton whilst not caring. He'll silence the haters when he storms up the Mur de Huy in a record time

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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Guys these are all just training rides; he's just testing himself and his accelerations. We can see in the first picture he dropped most of the peloton whilst not caring. He'll silence the haters when he storms up the Mur de Huy in a record time

He will flatten the gradient from 9,6% to 6,6%.

 

[Fernandez]

We hope Movistar can recover the man for cycling. Its like an experiment; Im curious to see how delivers. He looks good in the photo of the barbecue, setting the pace on that ramp and torturing his team mate.

 

[aarononymous]

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So Betancur is doing the early donkey work. Expect a DNF.

He looks more like a bowling ball than an actual rider. Pathetic picture.....

Not arguing his shape just can't see how you can say anything based on this picture

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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So Betancur is doing the early donkey work. Expect a DNF.

He looks more like a bowling ball than an actual rider. Pathetic picture.....

I don't think he looks that bad/fat here. Which rider are you looking at?

 

[42x16ss]

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So Betancur is doing the early donkey work. Expect a DNF.

He looks more like a bowling ball than an actual rider. Pathetic picture.....

I don't think he looks that bad/fat here. Which rider are you looking at?

It looks like Betancur on the front. And I agree, he at least looks like a pro now.

Hopefully Unzue can help Betancur find his way and cash in on his talent. The potential he has is just insane.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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So Betancur is doing the early donkey work. Expect a DNF.

He looks more like a bowling ball than an actual rider. Pathetic picture.....

I don't think he looks that bad/fat here. Which rider are you looking at?

It looks like Betancur on the front. And I agree, he at least looks like a pro now.

Hopefully Unzue can help Betancur find his way and cash in on his talent. The potential he has is just insane.

Yes it is indeed Betancur on the front. Perhaps Valv.piti looked at the Movistar rider at the back, who could look fat with his shirt open

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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So Betancur is doing the early donkey work. Expect a DNF.

He looks more like a bowling ball than an actual rider. Pathetic picture.....

this is how he looked in 2013 giro. much fatter in fact. betancur's problem isn't the weight. it's the lack of training which you can't see from looking at him on the outside. he's never been fatter than 2014 winter but still managed to win paris nice

 

[Red Rick]

What are his targets this year?

Anyway, I partially disagree with Ryo, he does look heavier than in that Giro, but he's always been a bit too fat IIRC. Crazy potential

 

[Banana_Joe]

Will be exciting to see if he finishes today or makes it 5 in a row

 

[Brullnux]

He should finish, it's a pretty easy race.

 

[Ricco']

Movistar should have sent instead a team with Betancur to Paris-Camembert.

I mean, the winner gets his weight in Camembert cheese. That's a guaranteed win.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Movistar should have sent instead a team with Betancur to Paris-Camembert.

I mean, the winner gets his weight in Camembert cheese. That's a guaranteed win.

the weight of the rider in cheese? Would they have that much

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

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What are his targets this year?

 

[DNP-Old]

He didn't DNF!























82nd.

 

[Valv.Piti]

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What are his targets this year?

lol.

 

[Scarponi]

As a 6 ft 5 130kg guy I find the jokes uneasy and funny at the same time, though I powerlift and play rugby vs riding professionally haha

 

[CheckMyPecs]

Joke starting to get old... He's fat, we get it.

 

[42x16ss]

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What are his targets this year?

Come on, the guys Colombian. Gotta keep it accurate!

 

[carton]

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Joke starting to get old... He's fat, we get it.

There are 89 pages on here about a guy whose biggest results are a Paris-Nice win and a Giro 6th place. For comparison the threads for Thibaut Pinot and Ilnur Zakarin run for 19 pages and 9 pages, respectively. Fat jokes account for about 95% of the Pythagorean difference.

Carlos Betancur is the fat cyclist. For some he's the modern epicurean antagonist of the hackneyed romantic concept of cyclists as hard men aesthetes who stopped at nothing in their relentless pursuit glory, prisoners of the road but masters of their own fate. In that view he has all the exogenous talent but lacks any of the endogenous will. Some of these folk believe they could be better racers than Betancur, but lacked the god-given talent: Betancur is thus the human embodiment of the tragedy that is life.

For others Betancur symbolizes the return of the hackneyed romantic concept of cyclists as literal larger than life bon vivants, moody characters who ate full meals washed down with beer and wine between Tour de France stages; who stopped for coffee amidst Milan-San Remo. His image harkens back to those sepia tinted days where passion and flair were more important than watts/kg. Many of them believe they cycle just like Betancur, but lack the god-given talent: Betancur is thus the human embodiment of the comedy that is life.

In any case given that the fat jokes have only gotten better three years in, I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[gospina]

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Joke starting to get old... He's fat, we get it.

There are 89 pages on here about a guy whose biggest results are a Paris-Nice win and a Giro 6th place. For comparison the threads for Thibaut Pinot and Ilnur Zakarin run for 19 pages and 9 pages, respectively. Fat jokes account for about 95% of the Pythagorean difference.

Carlos Betancur is the fat cyclist. For some he's the modern epicurean antagonist of the hackneyed romantic concept of cyclists as hard men aesthetes who stopped at nothing in their relentless pursuit glory, prisoners of the road but masters of their own fate. In that view he has all the exogenous talent but lacks any of the endogenous will. Some of these folk believe they could be better racers than Betancur, but lacked the god-given talent: Betancur is thus the human embodiment of the tragedy that is life.

For others Betancur symbolizes the return of the hackneyed romantic concept of cyclists as literal larger than life bon vivants, moody characters who ate full meals washed down with beer and wine between Tour de France stages; who stopped for coffee amidst Milan-San Remo. His image harkens back to those sepia tinted days where passion and flair were more important than watts/kg. Many of them believe they cycle just like Betancur, but lack the god-given talent: Betancur is thus the human embodiment of the comedy that is life.

In any case given that the fat jokes have only gotten better three years in, I wouldn't hold my breath.

Brilliant comment. You are absolutely right about the comedy that is life. It reminds me of this guy I used to play soccer with. He came into our HS team far into the season and was overweight. He sometimes didn't try in practice. Coach will get on him all the time. The thing was, he was amazing. He scored a hat trick in one game, had an amazing pass from midfield in another, did a dribbling exhibition pretty much all the time...he was faster than all of us..but he was lazy/had a different mindset on the team. One game, he literally dribbled through the whole team, was one on one vs the goalie...and then stopped right in the middle of his attack to TIE HIS SHOE!. He was Carlitos. He got kicked out of the team that day..no more school games for him...he destroyed us in indoor/spring club league once he joined another team....fkng Carlitos is just like La Ronca. Love to watch him as a fan but, man, it must be frustrating to be his teammate/manager LOL

 

[SeriousSam]

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Brilliant comment indeed. As a causal determinist, I might quibble with will being endogenous, but find myself in the first camp nonetheless.

 

[hrotha]

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Joke starting to get old... He's fat, we get it.

There are 89 pages on here about a guy whose biggest results are a Paris-Nice win and a Giro 6th place. For comparison the threads for Thibaut Pinot and Ilnur Zakarin run for 19 pages and 9 pages, respectively. Fat jokes account for about 95% of the Pythagorean difference.

Carlos Betancur is the fat cyclist. For some he's the modern epicurean antagonist of the hackneyed romantic concept of cyclists as hard men aesthetes who stopped at nothing in their relentless pursuit glory, prisoners of the road but masters of their own fate. In that view he has all the exogenous talent but lacks any of the endogenous will. Some of these folk believe they could be better racers than Betancur, but lacked the god-given talent: Betancur is thus the human embodiment of the tragedy that is life.

For others Betancur symbolizes the return of the hackneyed romantic concept of cyclists as literal larger than life bon vivants, moody characters who ate full meals washed down with beer and wine between Tour de France stages; who stopped for coffee amidst Milan-San Remo. His image harkens back to those sepia tinted days where passion and flair were more important than watts/kg. Many of them believe they cycle just like Betancur, but lack the god-given talent: Betancur is thus the human embodiment of the comedy that is life.

In any case given that the fat jokes have only gotten better three years in, I wouldn't hold my breath.

Best non-LS post in the forum.

 

[jaylew]

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Joke starting to get old... He's fat, we get it.

There are 89 pages on here about a guy whose biggest results are a Paris-Nice win and a Giro 6th place. For comparison the threads for Thibaut Pinot and Ilnur Zakarin run for 19 pages and 9 pages, respectively. Fat jokes account for about 95% of the Pythagorean difference.

Carlos Betancur is the fat cyclist. For some he's the modern epicurean antagonist of the hackneyed romantic concept of cyclists as hard men aesthetes who stopped at nothing in their relentless pursuit glory, prisoners of the road but masters of their own fate. In that view he has all the exogenous talent but lacks any of the endogenous will. Some of these folk believe they could be better racers than Betancur, but lacked the god-given talent: Betancur is thus the human embodiment of the tragedy that is life.

For others Betancur symbolizes the return of the hackneyed romantic concept of cyclists as literal larger than life bon vivants, moody characters who ate full meals washed down with beer and wine between Tour de France stages; who stopped for coffee amidst Milan-San Remo. His image harkens back to those sepia tinted days where passion and flair were more important than watts/kg. Many of them believe they cycle just like Betancur, but lack the god-given talent: Betancur is thus the human embodiment of the comedy that is life.

In any case given that the fat jokes have only gotten better three years in, I wouldn't hold my breath.

Best non-LS post in the forum.

I don't even know what to say about that. Makes perfect sense, though.