Beñat Intxausti
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| Beñat Intxausti (2011) | |
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| Full name | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga |
| Date of birth | March 20, 1986 |
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 Spain
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| discipline | Street |
| Driver type | Mountain riders |
| End of career | 2019 |
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| 2007 2008–2009 2010 2011–2015 2016–2018 2019 |
Grupo Nicolas Mateos Saunier Duval-Scott / Scott-American Beef / Fuji-Servetto Euskaltel-Euskadi Movistar Team Sky Euskadi-Murias |
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| Last updated: January 20, 2020 | |
Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (born March 20, 1986 in Amorebieta-Etxano ) is a former Spanish cyclist .
Athletic career
Intxausti began his international career with the Spanish Continental Team Grupo Nicolas Mateos . In 2008 and 2009 he was under contract with the ProTeam Saunier Duval-Prodir and its successor team Fuji-Servetto. In the 2010 season he won the individual time trial of the Vuelta a Asturias , now driving for the Basque Euskaltel-Euskadi team .
For the 2011 season he switched to the Movistar team , for which he finished tenth in the overall ranking of the Vuelta a España 2012 . At the Giro d'Italia 2013 , Intxausti wore the overall leader's pink jersey for one day . He was also able to win the mountainous 16th stage from Valloire to Ivrea in a sprint from a leading group ahead of Tanel Kangert and Przemysław Niemiec . He finished eighth in the overall ranking. In the same year he won the Tour of Beijing . At the Giro d'Italia 2015 he won another stage by winning the difficult mountain climb to Campitello Matese as a soloist .
Intxausti then moved to Team Sky in 2016 , where he was under contract until 2018. Since that year he has suffered from an infection with the Epstein-Barr virus and was unable to match his previous results. Intxausti ended his active career after the 2019 season with Euskadi Basque Country-Murias .
successes
- 2010
- a stage Vuelta a Asturias
- 2011
- Team time trial Burgos Tour
- 2012
- Overall ranking Vuelta a Asturias
- Team time trial Vuelta a España
- 2013
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
- Overall standings and one stage Tour of Beijing
- 2015
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
Grand Tour placements
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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- | - | - | 38 | 8th | - | 29 | - | - | - | - |
 Tour de France
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- | - | DNF | - | - | 114 | - | - | - | - | - |
 Vuelta a España
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60 | DNF | 86 | 10 | 87 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Web links
- Beñat Intxausti in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Beñat Intxausti in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ Intxausti in Ivrea the cleverest. In: radsport-news.com. May 21, 2013, accessed January 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Intxausti wins mountain finish. In: eurosport.de. May 16, 2015, accessed January 23, 2019 .
- ^ No Six Days Berlin: Coquard suffers a fracture in his shoulder blade. In: radsport-news.com. January 20, 2020, accessed January 20, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Intxausti, Beñat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Intxausti Elorriaga, Beñat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amorebieta-Etxano |