{{short description|Spanish cycling team}} {{Infobox cycling team | name = Team Polti VisitMalta | image = Eolo2021.jpg | caption = The team in 2021 | code = PTV | registered = Spain (2018–2020)<br/>Italy (2021–) | founded = {{start date|2018}} | disbanded = | bicycles = [[Aurum bikes]] | website = https://teampoltivisitmalta.com/ | generalmanager = {{ubl|[[Ivan Basso]]<ref name="Eolo">{{cite news|first=Alasdair|last=Fotheringham|author-link=Alasdair Fotheringham|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/contador-and-bassos-eolo-kometa-team-first-to-hit-the-road-for-2021/|title=Contador and Basso invest in the long term at upscaled Eolo-Kometa|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=11 December 2020|access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>|[[Alberto Contador]]<ref name="Eolo"/>|Fran Contador<ref name="Eolo"/>}} | teammanager = {{ubl|[[Félix García Casas]]|[[Jesús Hernández (cyclist)|Jesús Hernández]]|[[Sean Yates]]|[[Stefano Zanatta]]}} | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] | status = [[UCI Continental]] (2018–2020)<br/>[[UCI ProSeries|UCI ProTeam]] (2021–) | season = 2018<br/>2019<br/>2020<br/>2021–2023<br/>2024<br/>2025– | oldname = Polartec–Kometa ''(PLK)''<br/>Kometa Cycling Team ''(KMT)''<br/>Kometa Xstra Cycling Team ''(KTX)''<br/>Eolo–Kometa ''(EOK)''<br/>Polti–Kometa ''(PTK)''<br/>Polti VisitMalta ''(PTV)'' }} {{About|the cycling team sponsored by Polti in the 2020s|the cycling team active in the 1990s|Team Polti}} '''{{UCI team code|EOK|nolink=yes}}''' is an Italian-registered, Spanish-based [[UCI ProSeries|UCI ProTeam]] cycling team, that was founded in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/kometa-cycling-team-2019|title=Polartec–Kometa|work=ProCyclingStats|access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> The team was promoted from the [[UCI Continental]] level in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eolokometacyclingteam.com/en/eolo-will-be-the-main-sponsor-of-the-new-project-of-the-alberto-contador-foundation-eolo-kometa/|title=EOLO will be the main sponsor of the new project of the Alberto Contador Foundation: EOLO-KOMETA|publisher={{UCI team code|KTX|2020}}|date=26 August 2020|access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref>
Based in [[Pinto, Madrid|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 (men's team)|Trek-Segafredo]] team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eolokometacyclingteam.com/it/storia/|title = Storia | Eolo Kometa Team|date = 15 November 2020}}</ref> In 2021, under the patronage of the new sponsor {{ill|lt=Eolo SpA|Eolo (company)|it|Eolo (azienda)}}, it acquired the UCI ProTeam license, and this season it was invited for the first time to the [[2021 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.giroditalia.it/news/wild-card-giro-ditalia-2021|title = Wild Card Giro d'Italia 2021}}</ref>
The team rides [[Aurum bikes|Aurum]] Magma bikes equipped with full [[Amer Sports|ENVE]] components and [[SRAM Corporation|SRAM]] groupset.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our AURUM MAGMA, ready for 2023 season |url=https://eolokometacyclingteam.com/en/our-aurum-magma-ready-for-2023-season/ |website=eolokometacyclingteam.com |access-date=19 December 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team, Giro d'Italia 2021.jpg|thumb|A team car]] [[File:Team Polti VisitMalta Tour de Hongrie 20250513 4584.jpg|thumb|The team at the [[2025 Tour de Hongrie]]]]
==Team roster== {{Updated|11 January 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20292|title=Team Polti VisitMalta|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref>}} {{Cycling squad start}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Davide Bais]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|4|2}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Mattia Bais]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|10|19}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Aidan Buttigieg]]|nat=MLT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|7|18}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Ludovico Crescioli]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|10|20}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Davide De Cassan]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|1|4}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Pablo García (cyclist)|Pablo García]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|1|16}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Germán Darío Gómez]]|nat=COL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|3|8}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Giovanni Lonardi]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|11|9}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Mirco Maestri]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|10|26}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Álex Martín (cyclist)|Álex Martín]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|1|25}}}} {{Cycling squad mid}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Francisco Muñoz (cyclist)|Francisco Muñoz]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|6|24}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Manuel Peñalver]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|12|10}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Andrea Pietrobon]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|3|11}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Davide Piganzoli]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|7|8}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Gabriele Raccagni]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|2|5}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Javier Serrano (cyclist)|Javier Serrano]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|4|17}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Diego Pablo Sevilla]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|3|4}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Fernando Tercero]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|12|28}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alessandro Tonelli]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|5|29}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Samuele Zoccarato]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|1|8}}}} {{Cycling squad end}}
==Major wins== {{palmares start}} ;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 [[2018 Vuelta a Burgos|Vuelta a Burgos]], [[Matteo Moschetti]] : Stage 2 [[2018 Tour de Hongrie|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 [[2021 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], [[Lorenzo Fortunato]] : {{cjersey|blue}} Overall [[2021 Adriatica Ionica Race|Adriatica Ionica Race]], [[Lorenzo Fortunato]] ::Stage 2, [[Lorenzo Fortunato]] : {{HUN}} Time Trial Championships, [[Erik Fetter]] : Stage 4 [[Tour du Limousin]], [[Erik Fetter]] ;2022 : [[Trofeo Luis Puig|Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969]], [[Giovanni Lonardi]] :{{HUN}} Time Trial Championships, [[Erik Fetter]] : Stage 4 [[Tour du Limousin]], [[Vincenzo Albanese]] ;2023 : {{cjersey|blue}} Overall [[2023 Vuelta a Asturias|Vuelta a Asturias]], [[Lorenzo Fortunato]] ::Stage 2, [[Lorenzo Fortunato]] : Stage 7 [[2023 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], [[Davide Bais]] : Stage 3a [[Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine]], [[Samuele Rivi]] ;2024 : {{cjersey|pink}} Overall [[Tour of Antalya]], [[Davide Piganzoli]] ::Stage 3, [[Davide Piganzoli]] : Stage 3 [[Tour du Rwanda]], [[Jhonatan Restrepo]] : Stage 3 [[2024 Presidential Tour of Turkey|Presidential Tour of Turkey]], [[Giovanni Lonardi]] {{palmares end}}
==Supplementary statistics== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#eee;" |style="background:#01b4fb;" colspan=25|'''{{font color|white|Grand Tours by highest finishing position}}''' |- !Race !2021 !2022 !2023 !2024 |- align="center" |'''[[Giro d'Italia]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Giro d'Italia|16]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Giro d'Italia|15]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Giro d'Italia|21]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Giro d'Italia|13]] |- align="center" |'''[[Tour de France]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Tour de France|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Tour de France|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Tour de France|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Tour de France|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Vuelta a España]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Vuelta a España|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Vuelta a España|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Vuelta a España|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Vuelta a España|—]] |- |style="background:#01b4fb;" colspan=25| '''{{font color|white|Major week-long stage races by highest finishing position}}''' |- !Race !2021 !2022 !2023 !2024 |- align="center" |'''[[Tour Down Under]]''' | colspan=2 {{N/A|NH}} | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Tour Down Under|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Tour Down Under|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Paris–Nice]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Paris–Nice|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Paris–Nice|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Paris–Nice|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Paris–Nice|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Tirreno–Adriatico]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Tirreno–Adriatico|83]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Tirreno–Adriatico|18]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Tirreno–Adriatico|26]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Tirreno–Adriatico|18]] |- align="center" |'''[[Volta a Catalunya]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Volta a Catalunya|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Volta a Catalunya|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Volta a Catalunya|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Volta a Catalunya|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Tour of the Basque Country]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Tour of the Basque Country|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Tour of the Basque Country|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Tour of the Basque Country|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Tour of the Basque Country|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Tour de Romandie]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Tour de Romandie|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Tour de Romandie|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Tour de Romandie|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Tour de Romandie|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Critérium du Dauphiné]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Critérium du Dauphiné|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Critérium du Dauphiné|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Critérium du Dauphiné|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Critérium du Dauphiné|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Tour de Suisse]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Tour de Suisse|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Tour de Suisse|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Tour de Suisse|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Tour de Suisse|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Tour de Pologne]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Tour de Pologne|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Tour de Pologne|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Tour de Pologne|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Tour de Pologne|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Benelux Tour]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Benelux Tour|—]] | {{N/A|NH}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Barry |title=2022 Benelux Tour cancelled due to overcrowded calendar |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2022-benelux-tour-cancelled-due-to-overcrowded-calendar/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en |date=8 June 2022}}</ref> | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Renewi Tour|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Renewi Tour|—]] |- |style="background:#01b4fb;" colspan=25| '''{{font color|white|Monument races by highest finishing position}}''' |- !Monument !2021 !2022 !2023 !2024 |- align="center" |'''[[Milan–San Remo]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Milan–San Remo|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Milan–San Remo|11]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Milan–San Remo|58]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Milan–San Remo|44]] |- align="center" |'''[[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Tour of Flanders (men's race)|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Tour of Flanders (men's race)|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Tour of Flanders (men's race)|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Tour of Flanders (men's race)|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Paris–Roubaix]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Paris–Roubaix|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Paris–Roubaix|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Paris–Roubaix|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Paris–Roubaix|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Il Lombardia]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Il Lombardia|15]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Il Lombardia|55]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Il Lombardia|18]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Il Lombardia| ]] |- |style="background:#01b4fb;" colspan=25| '''{{font color|white|Classics by highest finishing position}}''' |- !Classic !2021 !2022 !2023 !2024 |- align="center" |'''[[Omloop Het Nieuwsblad]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Strade Bianche]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Strade Bianche|100]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Strade Bianche|25]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Strade Bianche|75]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Strade Bianche|79]] |- align="center" |'''[[E3 Harelbeke]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 E3 Saxo Bank Classic|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 E3 Saxo Bank Classic|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 E3 Saxo Classic|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 E3 Saxo Classic|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Gent–Wevelgem]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Gent–Wevelgem|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Gent–Wevelgem|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Gent–Wevelgem|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Gent–Wevelgem|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Amstel Gold Race (men's race)|Amstel Gold Race]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Amstel Gold Race|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Amstel Gold Race|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Amstel Gold Race|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Amstel Gold Race|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[La Flèche Wallonne]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 La Flèche Wallonne|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 La Flèche Wallonne|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 La Flèche Wallonne|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 La Flèche Wallonne|—]] |- align="center" |'''[[Clásica de San Sebastián]]''' | style="background:#eee;"| [[2021 Clásica de San Sebastián|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2022 Clásica de San Sebastián|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2023 Clásica de San Sebastián|—]] | style="background:#eee;"| [[2024 Clásica de San Sebastián|—]] |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | [[Did not finish]] |- ! scope="row" | NH | Not held |}
==National champions== ;2021 :[[File:MaillotHungary.png|20px]] Hungary Time Trial, [[Erik Fetter]] ;2022 :[[File:MaillotHungary.png|20px]] Hungary Time Trial, [[Erik Fetter]]
==Notes== {{reflist|group=N}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://eolokometacyclingteam.com/en/home/}} * {{ProCyclingStats team|eolo-kometa-2021}}
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