Igor Antón
Antón at the 2008 Euskal Bizikleta.
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Igor Antón Hernández |
| Nickname | Fuji |
| Born |
2 March 1983 Galdakao, Basque Country, Spain |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Dimension Data |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2002–2004 | Olarra-Consultec |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005–2013 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2014–2015 | Movistar Team |
| 2016– | Team Dimension Data |
| Major wins | |
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Igor Antón Hernández (born 2 March 1983) is a basque professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team, Team Dimension Data.
Born in Galdakao, Basque Country, Antón's first major achievement since turning professional in 2005, was winning the sixteenth stage of the 2006 Vuelta a España, between Almería and the Calar Alto Observatory.
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 where he ended up finishing 8th overall. 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 2 August, when he won the Subida a Urkiola.
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