Carlos Betancur discussion thread

[staubsauger]

Hopefully Unzue denies him a contract extension so he has to sit down with the silverfox!

 

[HelloDolly]

I was talking to an insider about him.....has a bad rep of signing contract and disappearing into the Colombia night life scene...
Not sure some teams could cope with him

But he will stay at Movistar I think...has just done enough to get another contract ....and anyway as Nibali is complaining about , good mountain guys are hard to find at the moment ... even if Carlos spends most of his contract down the night club

 

[Popchu]

That crash, when he was on his best level since 2014...

 

[Eclipse]

Cycling is a cruel sport. He seemed to be on heroic form

 

[Valv.Piti]

First glance of the old Betancur and then he crashes, lmao.

 

[markene2]

He is still in the race though

 

[Forever The Best]

Wow, he was with Contador, Froome and TVG before the crash

 

[Valv.Piti]

I hoped he would finish with TJ, so thats GC gone as well. As with Moreno, maybe a blessing in disguise assuming he isn't hurt at all, but still it must suck for him. But at least he showed those legs before he crashed..

 

[Popchu]

Taken to the hospital after finishing at 12'31", let's hope he can continue.

So sad.

 

[markene2]

FFS, this sucks

 

[ice&fire]

12 minutes lost. If his legs are OK, he has what he needs to win a stage

 

[DNP-Old]

Deep wound in his chin and a visit to the dentist.

 

[Escarabajo]

So bad luck continues for Movistar!

Hope that Betancur continues and can win a stage!

 

[portugal11]

Re:

Deep wound in his chin and a visit to the dentist.

That isn't bad at all. After this, he can't open his mouth and eat burgers anymore.
Unfortunately the next stages were the best for him to take a win but I think he can do it from the break on stage 11

 

[Popchu]

https://twitter.com/GDiGrazia/status/900792086387200000

Warrior

 

[DNP-Old]

Re: Re:

Deep wound in his chin and a visit to the dentist.

That isn't bad at all. After this, he can't open his mouth and eat burgers anymore.
Unfortunately the next stages were the best for him to take a win but I think he can do it from the break on stage 11

You're far from funny.

 

[DNP-Old]

https://twitter.com/GDiGrazia/status/900792086387200000

Warrior

And the guy who isn't capable of properly riding a bike comes off with a few scratches and a time loss of 20 seconds.

 

[LuxCZ]

This is really sad, Betancur had the probably once in a lifetime chance to lead a team and was well placed in the GC, as well as according to today's form also the legs to take his chance, and ends up crashing. Hopefully he can continue and fully recover to make action in breakaways.

 

[Popchu]

BETANCUR ABANDONS VUELTA A ESPAÑA

Fracture to external malleolus in right ankle forces Colombian from Movistar Team to end his participation in the Spanish race; crash just after showing impressive form against GC contenders on day six.

Carlos Betancur will not be able to continune racing in the 2017 Vuelta a España after his crash in the descent of the Alto del Garbí, the final climb on stage six of the race. The Movistar Team rider was sitting in 16th place overall and had shown his best performance so far in the Vuelta today, by making it into the seven-man GC group created by a series of attacks from Alberto Contador. However, the Colombian couldn't avoid the crash by Tejay van Garderen (BMC), who was covering the downhill just before him.

In a show of pure courage, Betancur managed to complete the stage, crossing the line 12 minutes after the winner, before being transferred to the University Hospital of Sagunto. The Colombian underwent there a CT scan and radiological checks to his pelvis, which ruled out any damage to his head and hip. However, X-ray tests on his right ankle revealed a fracture to the external malleolus, which required a plaster cast that will prevent Betancur from continuing in the 2017 Vuelta. The Movistar Team has later been moved to the La Fe hospital in Valencia, in order to have surgery to his face to heal the wounds produced by the crash.

After a good Tour de France for him (18th place overall), Betancur had become the Movistar Team's main chance for the overall classification following the crash suffered by Dani Moreno at Tarragona's finale on stage four Tuesday, an incident the Spaniard is still suffering from.

http://movistarteam.com/news/2017-8-24/betancur-abandons-vuelta-a-espana

 

[RedheadDane]

That picture just reminds me how race doctors sometimes need to be a little creative when applying bandages.

Sucks that he had to abandon.

 

[Movitrain]

Man, Movistar had a great spring campaign, but did it ever go downhill from there on. Not that I expected a lot out of this Vuelta, but it's still shaping up to be an increasingly frustrating three weeks, i'm ready for the 2018 season

 

[mariposa]

What a shame. The facial injuries look horrible.

 

[del1962]

Really sad for him, he was showing good form

I guess he wont be back until 2018

 

[Valv.Piti]

Ffs. Really, just ffs. This is just too much for Carlos, and no wonder it was Tejay. I hope he apologises, he didn't last time he messed it up for Movistar.

 

[Escarabajo]

Noooooooooooooo!

I had such high hope for him here. Think about how he feels! He was putting everything on this vuelta. He was probably thinking about his future. So sad.

For the time being I hope he recovers from this. Good luck Bananito.