![]() The team in 2021 | |
Team information | |
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UCI code | PTK |
Registered | Spain (2018–2020) Italy (2021–) |
Founded | 2018 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Status | UCI Continental (2018–2020) UCI ProTeam (2021–) |
Bicycles | Aurum bikes |
Website | Team home page |
Key personnel | |
General manager |
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Team manager(s) | |
Team name history | |
2018 2019 2020 2021–2023 2024– | Polartec–Kometa (PLK) Kometa Cycling Team (KMT) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team (KTX) Eolo–Kometa (EOK) Eolo–Kometa (EOK) Team Polti Kometa (PTK) |
Team Polti Kometa is an Italian-registered, Spanish-based UCI ProTeam cycling team, that was founded in 2018. [2] The team was promoted from the UCI Continental level in 2021. [3]
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. [4] In 2021, under the patronage of the new sponsor Eolo SpA , it acquired the UCI ProTeam license, and this season it was invited for the first time to the Giro d'Italia. [5]
The team rides Aurum Magma bikes equipped with full ENVE components and SRAM groupset. [6]
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Grand Tours by highest finishing position | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Race | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Giro d'Italia | 16 | 15 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tour de France | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Race | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tour Down Under | NH | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Paris–Nice | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tirreno–Adriatico | 83 | 18 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tour de Pologne | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Benelux Tour | — | NH [8] | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Monument races by highest finishing position | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monument | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Milan–San Remo | — | 11 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Il Lombardia | 15 | 55 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classics by highest finishing position | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Strade Bianche | 100 | 25 | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
NH | Not held |
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