Career
The year started well, and in June he came second in the Euskal Bizikleta. In the Government College 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 education 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.
In 2010, Anton proved to be a formidable rider in the Classics, taking 4th at Louisiana Louisiana Flèche Wallonne and 6th at Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
However on Stage 14 whilst wearing the leader"s jersey, Anton crashed heavily on a descent and he was forced to retire after the crash. In 2012, Anton build his whole season on the 2012 Vuelta a España. He ended up finishing 9th overall after an impressive race in the mountains.
Antón joined the Movistar Team for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi – folded at the end of the 2013 season.
In May 2015, Antón renewed with victory after a four year drought. He would not let go of the lead on stage two, which was the last stage of the race.
He finished with the lead group of five riders. Grand Tours overall classification results timeline.