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Benat Intxausti

    Key Stats

    Nationality: Spanish
    Born: March 20, 1986
    Hometown: Amorebieta, Spain
    Height: 5-foot-9
    Weight: 130 pounds
    Strengths: Climbing, stage racing.

    Palmares

    Career Highlights:

    2006
    1st, Memorial Avelino Camacho
    2nd overall, Bidasoa Itzulia

    2005
    1st, stage 3, Vuelta a Salamanca

    Biography

    Although he was just 19 when Saunier Duval signed him, the team offered Intxausti a three-year deal. The young man from Amorebieta is regarded as one of Spanish cycling's great hopes for the future.