Beñat Intxausti
Spanish road bicycle racer
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Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (born 20 March 1986) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer,[2] who rode professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Nicolas Mateos, Fuji–Servetto, Euskaltel–Euskadi, Movistar Team, Team Sky and Euskadi–Murias teams.
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Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain
Intxausti at the 2015 Giro d'Italia | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga |
| Born | 20 March 1986 Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team | |
| 2005–2006 | Seguros Bilbao |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007 | Nicolas Mateos |
| 2008–2009 | Saunier Duval–Scott |
| 2010 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2011–2015 | Movistar Team |
| 2016–2018 | Team Sky |
| 2019 | Euskadi–Murias[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours | |
Career
Intxausti was born in Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay. In 2012, he won the Vuelta a Asturias and finished 10th overall in the Vuelta a España despite working for his team leader, Alejandro Valverde. In 2013, Intxausti won stage 16 in the Giro d'Italia after being part of a breakaway and later finished 8th overall. He also had the leaders' jersey for one day. In the Tour of Beijing, Intxausti won the only mountain stage and claimed the general classification victory.[3]
After five seasons with Movistar, in September 2015 Team Sky announced that Intxausti would join them in 2016 on an initial two-year contract.[4] However, after a promising start to 2016, Intxausti's career became blighted with illness and was unable to race for extended periods. In 2019, he moved to the lower-level Euskadi–Murias team.[5] In January 2020, he announced his retirement from cycling.[2]
Major results
- 2005
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Salamanca
- 2006
- 1st Memorial Avelino Camacho
- 2nd Overall Bidasoa Itzulia
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Clásica Memorial Txuma
- 2007
- 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 5th La Côte Picarde
- 2008
- 8th Klasika Primavera
- 2009
- 5th Subida a Urkiola
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2010
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 5th GP Miguel Induráin
- 7th Trofeo Deia
- 10th Overall Critérium International
- 2011
- 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 9th Circuito de Getxo
- 2012
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 2013
- 1st Overall Tour of Beijing
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Klasika Primavera
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 16
- Held
after Stage 7
- 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 6th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 9th Circuito de Getxo
- 10th Klasika Primavera
- 2015
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 8
- Held
after Stages 8, 11–15
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 3rd GP Miguel Induráin
- 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 6th Trofeo Andratx–Mirador d'es Colomer
- 2016
- 3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | 38 | 8 | — | 29 |
 Tour de France |
— | — | — | DNF | — | — | 116 | — |
 Vuelta a España |
— | 60 | DNF | 86 | 10 | 87 | — | — |
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||
| Race | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Paris–Nice |
69 | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | DNF |
 Tirreno–Adriatico |
— | — | — | — | 24 | 46 | 32 | — |
 Volta a Catalunya |
— | 134 | — | 31 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country |
83 | — | 2 | 4 | — | 8 | 48 | 30 |
| Tour de Romandie |
— | — | — | 5 | — | — | 6 | — |
 Critérium du Dauphiné |
— | 102 | — | DNF | — | — | DNF | 4 |
| Tour de Suisse |
OTL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
