Team Polti VisitMalta 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]
 The team in 2021 | |
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | PTV |
| Registered | Spain (2018–2020) Italy (2021–) |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Discipline | 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 managers | |
| Team name history | |
2018 2019 2020 2021–2023 2024 2025– | Polartec–Kometa (PLK) Kometa Cycling Team (KMT) Kometa Xstra Cycling Team (KTX) Eolo–Kometa (EOK) Polti–Kometa (PTK) Polti VisitMalta (PTV) |
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]
Team roster
edit- As of 11 January 2025.[7]
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Major wins
edit- 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
Hungary Time Trial Championships, Erik Fetter- Stage 4 Tour du Limousin, Erik Fetter
- 2022
- Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969, Giovanni Lonardi
- Hungary 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
edit| Grand Tours by highest finishing position | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | 16 | 15 | 21 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Down Under | NH | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | — | NH[8] | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Monument races by highest finishing position | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monument | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Milan–San Remo | — | 11 | 58 | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Il Lombardia | 15 | 55 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classics by highest finishing position | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
National champions
edit- 2021
Hungary Time Trial, Erik Fetter- 2022
- Hungary Time Trial, Erik Fetter
Notes
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 Fotheringham, Alasdair (11 December 2020). "Contador and Basso invest in the long term at upscaled Eolo-Kometa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ↑ "Polartec–Kometa". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ↑ "EOLO will be the main sponsor of the new project of the Alberto Contador Foundation: EOLO-KOMETA". Kometa Xstra Cycling Team. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ↑ "Storia | Eolo Kometa Team". 15 November 2020.
- ↑ "Wild Card Giro d'Italia 2021".
- ↑ "Our AURUM MAGMA, ready for 2023 season". eolokometacyclingteam.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ↑ "Team Polti VisitMalta". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ Ryan, Barry (8 June 2022). "2022 Benelux Tour cancelled due to overcrowded calendar". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
- Team Polti VisitMalta at ProCyclingStats
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