- Oct 14, 2017
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Last I heard on Betancur was he might be racing for a Colombian team in 2021.
Last I heard on Betancur was he might be racing for a Colombian team in 2021.
- Oct 5, 2011
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He will indeed ride for Colombia Tierra de Atletas next year.
- Apr 10, 2019
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Isn't he coming back from a knee injury? Some teams are probably trying to lowball him because of that.
- Mar 13, 2015
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According to some places (PCS and somewhere else I can't remember), Betancur is going to a team called Colombia Tierra de Atletas - GW Bicicletas.
- May 5, 2010
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So, they put him on a team for next year, but forgot to take him off their "Riders without next season contract" list?
- Apr 30, 2011
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A few years ago, several higher profile riders than Betancur were with no contract yet for 2021.
- May 23, 2009
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Most likely, and as good as McCarthy is Bora has several very similar riders already.
I hope he gets something because he's a worthy WT rider and a good guy as well.
It's Betancur, so he could very easily be both with and without a contract next season.
- Feb 20, 2010
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An unfortunate error on his part, as he misread the contract as being with Colombia Tierra de Arepas.
- Apr 10, 2019
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Conti teams are usually not considered as "professional", just like the "neo pro" label.
- May 5, 2010
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They have conti teams in their databases. And interestingly enough, they have listed the transfer in the "latest transfers" list:
Basically, Betancur is like Schrödinger's cyclist: He both has a contract, and is without contract.
- Sep 26, 2020
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For his whole career he's been both a pro and an amateur cyclist at the same time.
- Mar 13, 2015
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Van der Hoorn confirmed with Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert for 2021
Dutch rider cancelled plans to join Beat Cycling Club to remain in WorldTour
www.cyclingnews.com
I agree that Lucas is a really solid rider and if you look at the result he have done last 4 years and the rider around him in the result list almost every have contract in a WT team.The discussion about EF that they want a swedish rider I think it is really ............... from the team leader to calm down the swedish sponsor. I have not see any contract on PCS for the Swedish rider 2021, What happens ? and EF have the possibility to sign him 2018.2019 and show the swedish Jersey for two years. I also wonder why so many team signs old rider? look for example NTT team signs 7 riders which is older than 30 years. I think the team need to give younger rider a chance and I mean not rider between 18-20 because a lot of the team signs riders between 18-20 or 30-35 years not so many between 20-25 years.
- Oct 14, 2017
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Wonder if he sent his resume to Movistar? He fits in their rebuild mold of under 26 and not of a nationality already on the team (that isn't Spanish). I get the idea of a team keeping a core group together that has done well even after they are all over 30, but then eventually you end up with the situation Movistar found it's self in last year when they went into an almost full rebuild. Why some teams keep signing riders over 30 and don't look at riders who are in their mid 20's is beyond me.
- Mar 13, 2015
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Well it's not like football where the team's result matters most. If you're a 35 year old with 12 wins in the season, you're a hot property in the transfer market because it's such a precarious and transitory business and a team can use wins no matter who from. What % of a team's roster are the core in-house guys like Tankink/Rowe/Puccio/Keisse? 1/6 to 1/3, I would guess.
- Oct 14, 2017
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I look at re-signing your own riders differently than bringing riders from the outside.
- Mar 13, 2015
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Guillaume Van Keirsbulck is another "high profile" un-signed rider. I guess he'll turn up at a Belgian pro-conti or conti team.
- May 23, 2009
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- 1,455
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Like McCarthy, he's too good to not have a contract. Hopefully a decent pro Conti team with invites to the classics grabs him, I could see him being useful at Alpecin Fenix
He's been very underwhelming for the past two years, though, not even lasting long as a helper in the classics, with the exception of his very last race.
- May 5, 2010
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- 30,267
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DANIEL PEARSON SIGNS FOR VINI ZABU’ – Vini Zabu Brado KTM (vinizabuktm.com)
(Unfortunately, their "We'll announce a new rider soon!" posts got significantly less funny when it was published that Aru is going to Qhubeka.)
(Unfortunately, their "We'll announce a new rider soon!" posts got significantly less funny when it was published that Aru is going to Qhubeka.)
- Mar 13, 2015
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Yeah, it's odd. I thought that at one point that the pecking order circa 2017 would be Stybar-Terpstra-GVK
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