Beñat Intxausti

Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (born 20 March 1986) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Nicolas Mateos,, , , and  teams.

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.

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 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 Jersey blue.svg Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Points classification
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT)


 * 2013
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Overall Tour of Beijing
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 4th Klasika Primavera
 * 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 16
 * Held Jersey pink.svg 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 Jersey blue.svg 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