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.
 Gómez Marchante at the 2007 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | José Ángel Gómez Marchante |
| Born | 30 May 1980 San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1999 | Kaiku[2] |
| 2000–2001 | Água De Mondariz |
| 2002 | Iberdrola Zamora |
| 2003 | GD Supermercados Froiz |
| Professional teams | |
| 2004 | Costa de Almería–Paternina |
| 2005–2008 | Saunier Duval–Prodir |
| 2009 | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2010 | Andalucía–Cajasur |
| Major wins | |
| 2006 Tour of the Basque Country | |
Career
editIn 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
edit- 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
edit| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | DNF | DNF | — | — | DNF | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
8 | — | 5 | 40 | — | 22 | 80 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "José Ángel Gómez Marchante Profile". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ a b "José Ángel Gómez Marchante". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "José Angel GOMEZ MARCHANTE". UCI. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "61st Vuelta a España 2006: Stage 5 Results". cyclingnews.com. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Valverde: "Now, I have to attack Vinokourov"". cyclingnews.com. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ Salmerón, Antonio J. (18 January 2007). "Saunier Duval-Prodir is ready". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Cervélo signs Heinrich Haussler and Jose Angel Gómez Marchante". Velo. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "José Ángel Gómez Marchante". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "José Gomez". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2002". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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