Antonio Colom

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**Antonio Colom**
Personal information
Full name	Antonio Colom Mas
Nickname	Toniette
Date of birth	May 11, 1978 (age 28)
Country	Spain
Height	1.83 m
Weight	71 kg
Team information
Current team	Astana
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1999-2001 2002-2003 2004-2006 2007-	Costa de Almería Relax Caisse d'Epargne Astana
Major wins
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in (2006) Vuelta a Mallorca (2004) Vuelta a Andalucía (2002)

Infobox last updated on:
2007-02-14

Antonio Colom Mas (born May 11, 1978) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Astana from Buyonla. He is a specialist in short stage races, having won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2006, the Vuelta a Mallorca in 2004 and the Vuelta a Andalucía in 2002.

Colom signed for Astana for the 2007 season from Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears. Colom began his career at Costa de Almería in 1999 and stayed there for three seasons, in which time he built a growing reputation as a climber, winnin the mountains classification of the Setmana Catalana in 2001. In 2002, Colom moved to Relax, and it was here that he had an early breakthrough in winning the Vuelta a Andalucía. Colom moved to the division one team Illes Balears-Banesto in 2004 and once again saw early success, winning the Vuelta a Mallorca. A second placing in the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana rounded out a successful season. In 2005, Colom once again saw success in Mallorca, winning the Trofeo Calvia. In 2006, Colom reversed his 2004 results: placing second overall in the Vuelta a Mallorca and winning the Volta a Comunitat Valenciana.

In 2007, Colom moved to the Astana Team, and once again showed well in Mallorca, winning the Trofeo Sóller.

[edit] Palmarès

1999 - Amica Chips-Costa de Almería
2000 - Costa de Almería
2001 - Jazztel-Costa de Almería

Setmana Catalana - Mountain competition winner

2002 - Relax-Fuenlabrada

Vuelta a Andalucía

2003 - Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada
2004 - Illes Balears-Banesto

Vuelta a Mallorca - overall winner
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2nd overall
- Combination competition - winner
- Stage 1 - winner

2005 - Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne

Trofeo Calvia

2006 - Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- Overall winner
- Stage 4 winner
Vuelta a Mallorca - 2nd

2007 - Astana Team

Trofeo Sóller

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Riders on Astana
Igor Abakoumov \| Assan Bazayev \| Antonio Colóm \| Koen de Kort \| Thomas Frei \| Maxim Gourov \| Rene Haselbacher \| Maxim Iglinsky \| Sergei Ivanov \| Benoît Joachim \| Andrey Kashechkin \| Aaron Kemps \| Matthias Kessler \| Andreas Klöden \| Alexey Kolessov \| Julien Mazet \| Eddy Mazzoleni \| Gennady Mikhaylov \| Andrey Mizurov \| Steve Morabito \| Dimitry Murajev \| Gregory Rast \| José Antonio Redondo \| Paolo Savoldelli \| Michael Schär \| Alexander Vinokourov \| Sergey Yakovlev
Manager
Marc Biver