Manuel Peñalver, two more years of speed for Team Polti Kometa

12 top-10, five podiums and even a second place by photo finish at the Tour of Langkawi, at the end of the season. This 2024, Manuel Peñalver’s debut for Team Polti Kometa, has confirmed the quality and speed of the sprinter who will continue in 2025 and 2026 adding successes for the Italian team.

‘I am very happy with my 2024 season, I only missed the victory’, explains the cyclist from Alicante, who in every opportunity has been able to fight for great results. The podiums in the Giro d’Abruzzo, the Tour of Turkey or the Tour of Taiwan, together with places of honour in races such as Poitou Charentes or Boucles de la Mayenne, present a rider who has also been able to work for his team-mate Giovanni Lonardi in the search for success throughout the season.

‘I want to be grateful for the opportunity to keep the confidence of the team for two more years, looking for the great results to become victories, to take a step forward and to continue progressing to add as much as possible to the team’, adds Peñalver.

Jesús Hernández, sports director: ‘Peñalver is a pure sprinter who has given us many places of honour. We have a lot of confidence in him to continue adding results, he is very brave and professional, he is the sprinter that any team needs and we are lucky to be able to continue counting on him for two more seasons’.