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Antonio Colom Mas (born May 11, 1978) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer from Bunyola.〔(Antonio COLOM MAS )〕 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. ==Career== Colom signed for team Astana for the 2007 season from . 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, winning the mountains classification of the Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 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. His 2008 campaign was poor, but got back to victory at the start of the 2009 season as he took one stage and the overall win in his "home race" with his new Team Katusha outfit. On June 9, 2009 it was announced that he had been provisionally suspended from racing following a positive drug test.〔(Colom suspended for EPO positive )〕 On May 27, 2010, the Spanish Cycling Federation suspended him for 2 years, effective April 2, 2009, declaring his results in the 2009 Vuelta al País Vasco void, but making him eligible to return to cycling on April 2, 2011.〔(Sanctions, Period of Ineligibily, Disqualification (UCI) )〕 In July 2014, Colom, competing as an amateur, won the 35-39 male age group at Ironman Frankfurt〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=07/6/2014 Results: Frankfurt )〕 qualifying himself to compete at the 2014 Ironman World Championship in Hawai'i. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antonio Colom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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