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Spanish road bicycle racer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga |
Born | Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain | 20 March 1986
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 |
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]
Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 38 | 8 | — | 29 |
Tour de France | — | — | DNF | — | — | 116 | — |
Vuelta a España | 60 | DNF | 86 | 10 | 87 | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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