| José Ángel Gómez Marchante | |
| Fullname: | José Ángel Gómez Marchante |
| Birth Date: | 1980 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain |
| Height: | 1.75m (05.74feet)[1] |
| Weight: | 610NaN0 |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 1999 |
| Amateurteam1: | Kaiku[2] |
| Amateuryears2: | 2000–2001 |
| Amateurteam2: | Água De Mondariz |
| Amateuryears3: | 2002 |
| Amateurteam3: | Iberdrola Zamora |
| Amateuryears4: | 2003 |
| Amateurteam4: | GD Supermercados Froiz |
| Proyears1: | 2004 |
| Proyears2: | 2005–2008 |
| Proyears3: | 2009 |
| Proyears4: | 2010 |
| Majorwins: | 2006 Tour of the Basque Country |
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,, and 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.
In 2004, while riding for the 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 6km 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 3km 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 for the 2009 season.[7]
| 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 |