Polti–Kometa Explained
Polti–Kometa |
Code: | PTK |
Registered: | Spain (2018–2020) Italy (2021–) |
Bicycles: | Aurum bikes |
Website: | http://eolokometacyclingteam.com/en/home/ |
Discipline: | Road |
Status: | UCI Continental (2018–2020) UCI ProTeam (2021–) |
Season: | 2018 2019 2020 2021–2023 2024– |
Oldname: | Polartec–Kometa (PLK) Kometa Cycling Team (KMT) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team (KTX) Eolo–Kometa (EOK) Polti–Kometa (PTK) |
is an Italian-registered, Spanish-based UCI ProTeam cycling team, that was founded in 2018.[1] The team was promoted from the UCI Continental level in 2021.[2]
Based in Pinto, Spain, and sponsored by the Fundación Contador headed by Alberto Contador, it was launched in 2018 as a UCI Continental youth formation supporting the Trek-Segafredo team.[3] In 2021, under the patronage of the new sponsor, it acquired the UCI ProTeam license, and this season it was invited for the first time to the Giro d'Italia.[4]
The team rides Aurum Magma bikes equipped with full ENVE components and SRAM groupset.[5]
Major wins
- 2018
Stages 1 & 4 Tour of Antalya, Matteo Moschetti
International Rhodes Grand Prix, Matteo Moschetti
Stage 2 International Tour of Rhodes, Matteo Moschetti
Stages 4 & 7 Tour de Normandie, Matteo Moschetti
Stage 1 Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Kevin Inkelaar
Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos, Matteo Moschetti
Stage 2 Tour de Hongrie, Matteo Moschetti
- 2019
Stage 3 Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Michel Ries
Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Juan Pedro López
- 2020
Stage 1 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, Alejandro Ropero
- 2021
Stage 14 Giro d'Italia, Lorenzo Fortunato
Overall Adriatica Ionica Race, Lorenzo Fortunato
Stage 2, Lorenzo Fortunato
Time Trial Championships, Erik Fetter
Stage 4 Tour du Limousin, Erik Fetter
- 2022
Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969, Giovanni Lonardi
Time Trial Championships, Erik Fetter
Stage 4 Tour du Limousin, Vincenzo Albanese
- 2023
Overall Vuelta a Asturias, Lorenzo Fortunato
Stage 2, Lorenzo Fortunato
Stage 7 Giro d'Italia, Davide Bais
Stage 3a Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Samuele Rivi
- 2024
Overall Tour of Antalya, Davide Piganzoli
Stage 3, Davide Piganzoli
Stage 3 Tour du Rwanda, Jhonatan Restrepo
Stage 3 Presidential Tour of Turkey, Giovanni LonardiSupplementary statistics
National champions
- 2021
Hungary Time Trial, Erik Fetter
- 2022
Hungary Time Trial, Erik FetterNotes and References
- Web site: Polartec–Kometa. ProCyclingStats. 22 February 2018.
- Web site: EOLO will be the main sponsor of the new project of the Alberto Contador Foundation: EOLO-KOMETA. . 26 August 2020. 3 January 2021.
- Web site: Storia | Eolo Kometa Team. 15 November 2020.
- Web site: Wild Card Giro d'Italia 2021.
- Web site: Our AURUM MAGMA, ready for 2023 season . eolokometacyclingteam.com . 19 December 2023.
- Web site: Ryan . Barry . 2022 Benelux Tour cancelled due to overcrowded calendar . cyclingnews.com . 8 October 2022 . en . 8 June 2022.