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 Lonardi

Supplementary statistics

Race	2021	2022	2023	2024

Giro d'Italia	16	15	21	13
Tour de France	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—

Race	2021	2022	2023	2024
Tour Down Under	—	—
Paris–Nice	—	—	—	—
Tirreno–Adriatico	83	18	26	18
Volta a Catalunya	—	—	—	—
Tour of the Basque Country	—	—	—	—
Tour de Romandie	—	—	—	—
Critérium du Dauphiné	—	—	—	—
Tour de Suisse	—	—	—	—
Tour de Pologne	—	—	—	—
Benelux Tour	—	^[6]	—	—

Monument	2021	2022	2023	2024
Milan–San Remo	—	11	58	44
Tour of Flanders	—	—	—	—
Paris–Roubaix	—	—	—	—
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	—	—	—
Il Lombardia	15	55	18

Classic	2021	2022	2023	2024
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	—	—	—	—
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne	—	—	—	—
Strade Bianche	100	25	75	79
E3 Harelbeke	—	—	—	—
Gent–Wevelgem	—	—	—	—
Amstel Gold Race	—	—	—	—
La Flèche Wallonne	—	—	—	—
Clásica de San Sebastián	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
NH	Not held

National champions

2021

Hungary Time Trial, Erik Fetter

2022

Hungary Time Trial, Erik Fetter

Notes 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.