José Ángel Gómez Marchante

José Ángel Gómez Marchante
Gómez Marchante at the 2007 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full nameJosé Ángel Gómez Marchante
Born (1980-05-30) 30 May 1980 (age 44)
San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1999Kaiku[2]
2000–2001Água De Mondariz
2002Iberdrola Zamora
2003GD Supermercados Froiz
Professional teams
2004Costa de Almería–Paternina
2005–2008Saunier Duval–Prodir
2009Cervélo TestTeam
2010Andalucía–Cajasur
Major wins
2006 Tour of the Basque Country
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Marchante.

José Ángel Gómez Marchante (born 30 May 1980 in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2010 for the Costa de Almería–Paternina, Scott–American Beef, Cervélo TestTeam and Andalucía–Cajasur squads.[3] His career highlight was his win in the 2006 Tour of the Basque Country, in which he took victory in the time trial on the final stage to clinch the general classification.

Career

In 2004, while riding for the Costa de Almería–Paternina team, he finished eighth in the general classification in the Vuelta a España.

In the 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, he finished second behind Alexander Vinokourov on the stage to Mont Ventoux, and finished seventh in the general classification.

Marchante was selected by his team to ride the 2006 Vuelta a España. During Stage 5 with 6 km to go he ride across to Sérgio Paulinho and David Arroyo who were the leaders on the road. Marchante rode the two off his wheel. With 3 km to go he was caught by two riders, Danilo Di Luca and Janez Brajkovič, Marchante tried to attack them but dropped off with the high pace. In the last kilometre he was passed by Andrey Kashechkin finishing fourth in the stage.[4] Later in the race during Stage 18 Marchante was the only rider who was working with Alejandro Valverde to catch Alexandre Vinokourov who was up the road.[5]

Following on from his great 2006 season he was named as a key domestique in the Grand Tours for 2007.[6]

Marchante joined the Cervélo TestTeam for the 2009 season.[7]

Major results

Sources:[2][8][9]

1998
2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2000
7th Overall Volta a Portugal do Futuro
2002
1st Stage ?[N 1] Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2nd Overall Vuelta a Albacete
1st Stage 3
2003
1st Overall Vuelta a Extremadura
1st Overall Bizkaiko Bira
1st Stages 3 & 4b
1st Aiztondo Klasica
2nd Overall Circuito Montañés
1st Stage 5b
4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2004
1st Stage 2 GP CTT Correios de Portugal
2nd Overall Vuelta a la Rioja
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
6th Clásica de Almería
8th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Overall Clásica Internacional Alcobendas
2005
2nd Overall Clásica Internacional Alcobendas
7th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
7th Trofeo Soller
9th Overall Paris–Nice
2006
1st Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 6
5th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Klasika Primavera
2007
1st Subida a Urkiola
2008
5th Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua
2009
5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
9th Overall Tour de Langkawi

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — DNF DNF — — DNF —
A gold jersey Vuelta a España 8 — 5 40 — 22 80
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Notes

  1. ^ A stage was won by Marchante but no record of which stage can be found.[10]

References

  1. ^ "José Ángel Gómez Marchante Profile". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "José Ángel Gómez Marchante". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. ^ "José Angel GOMEZ MARCHANTE". UCI. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  4. ^ "61st Vuelta a España 2006: Stage 5 Results". cyclingnews.com. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Valverde: "Now, I have to attack Vinokourov"". cyclingnews.com. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  6. ^ Salmerón, Antonio J. (18 January 2007). "Saunier Duval-Prodir is ready". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Cervélo signs Heinrich Haussler and Jose Angel Gómez Marchante". Velo. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  8. ^ "José Ángel Gómez Marchante". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  9. ^ "José Gomez". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2002". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.


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