Igor Antón
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Igor Antón Hernández | ||
| Nickname | Fuji | ||
| Born | March 2, 1983  Spain |
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| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||
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| Current team | Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Climbing specialist | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2005– | Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| Major wins | |||
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| Infobox last updated on May 4, 2011 |
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Igor Antón Hernández (born March 2, 1983 in Galdakao, Basque Country) is a Basque professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi.
Since turning professional in 2005, Anton's major achievement was winning the sixteenth stage of the Vuelta a España 2006, between Almería and the Calar Alto Observatory.[1]
After impressing his team directors in 2007, where he won a stage at the Tour de Romandie, Antón was soon picked out to be the team leader for the general classification (GC) in the 2008 Vuelta a España. The year started well, and in June he came second in the Euskal Bizikleta. Later in the same month, Antõn won the second stage in the UCI ProTour race Tour de Suisse. In the GC he came home third. In September at the Vuelta a España, Antón was in the best form of his career and held the pace of the likes of Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde up the mountains. A fall on the stage to Alto de L'Angliru ended his ambitions in the Vuelta. The fall caused a fractured collarbone, and Antón's season came to an early end.
The 2009 season started slowly for Antón. He started the Tour de France in July, but failed to make a great impression. The Tour was filled with bad luck for Antón as he had at least three falls during the start of the three week race. However, Antón came out of the Tour in great form and took the season's only victory on August 2, when he won the Subida a Urkiola. During stage 14 of the 2010 Vuelta a Espana, whilst wearing the leaders red jersey, he crashed heavily and was forced to retire.
In 2010, Anton proved to be a formidable rider in the Classics, taking 4th at La Fleche Wallonne and 6th at Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
[edit] Major Results
- 2006
- 1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España
- 1st Escalada a Montjuïc
- 2007
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4
- 8th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2008
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 2
- 2009
- 1st Subida a Urkiola
- 2010
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 11 Vuelta a España
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Klasika Primavera
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9th Overall, Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 5
- 2011
- 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
[edit] References
- ^ "Anton reaches heights of Calar Alto". Eurosport.com. http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/vuelta-a-espana/2006/sport_sto962764.shtml.
[edit] External links
- Igor Antón profile at Cycling Archives
