 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 2007 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.