Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (born 20 March 1986) is a Spanish former professional

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, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Nicolas Mateos, , , , and teams.

Career

Intxausti was born in Amorebieta-Etxano,

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. In 2012, he won the Vuelta a Asturias and finished 10th overall in the

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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. After five seasons with Movistar, in September 2015 announced that Intxausti would join them in 2016 on an initial two-year contract. 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 team. In January 2020, he announced his retirement from cycling.

Major results

;2005 : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Salamanca ;2006 : 1st Memorial Avelino Camacho : 2nd Overall Bidasoa Itzulia ::1st Stage 3 : 5th

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;2007 : 5th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents ...

: 5th

La Côte Picarde La Côte Picarde was a professional cycling race held between 1986 and 2015 in Picardy, France. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 onwards, in category 1.ncup, meaning it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under ...

;2008 : 8th Klasika Primavera ;2009 : 5th Subida a Urkiola : 7th Overall

Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day wo ...

: 8th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI P ...

;2010 : 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias ::1st Stage 3b (

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) : 5th

GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin ( es, Gran Premio Miguel Induráin), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after ...

: 7th

Trofeo Deia The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...

: 10th Overall Critérium International ;2011 : 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country : 5th Overall Tour de Romandie : 9th Circuito de Getxo ;2012 : 1st Jersey blue

Overall Vuelta a Asturias ::1st Jersey red

Points classification : 10th Overall

::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ;2013 : 1st Jersey red

Overall Tour of Beijing ::1st Stage 4 : 4th Klasika Primavera : 8th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 16 ::Held Jersey pink

Pink Jersey after Stage 7 : 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country ;2014 : 3rd Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...

: 6th Overall Tour de Romandie : 9th Circuito de Getxo : 10th Klasika Primavera ;2015 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 8 ::Held Jersey blue

after Stages 8, 11–15 : 2nd Overall

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...

: 3rd Overall

: 3rd

: 4th Overall

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is part ...

: 6th Trofeo Andratx–Mirador d'es Colomer ;2016 : 3rd Overall

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Intxausti, Benat 1986 births Living people Spanish male cyclists Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community) People from Amorebieta-Etxano Spanish Giro d'Italia stage winners Sportspeople from Biscay