Team Sparebanken Sør

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Team Sparebanken Sør, (UCI team code: TSS) was a Norwegian licensed, UCI Continental cycling team, based in Grimstad, Norway. The team consisted of eleven competitive riders. Grimstad resident and former professional cyclist, Thor Hushovd, owned the team.

Team Sparebanken Sør
Team information
UCI codeTSS
RegisteredNorway
Founded2010 (2010)
Disbanded2017
Discipline(s)Road
StatusContinental
Key personnel
General managerVidar Røinås
Team name history
2010–2011
2012
2013
2014–2017
Plussbank–Cervélo
Plussbank BMC
Team Plussbank
Team Sparebanken Sør

The team was originally conceived as a feeder team for Cervélo TestTeam. The team's directeur sportifs were Atle Kvålsvoll and Olav Aleksander Benjaminsen.

The team disbanded at the end of the 2017 season.[1]

Major wins

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2015
Stage 3 East Bohemia Tour, Fridtjof Røinås
Fyen Rundt, Andreas Vangstad
Stage 5 Tour of Norway, Andreas Vangstad
2016
Ringerike GP, Trond Trondsen
Sundvolden GP, Andreas Vangstad
Stage 3 Tour du Loir et Cher E Provost, Fridtjof Røinås
2017
Overall Baltic Chain Tour, Herman Dahl
Stages 3 & 4, Herman Dahl
Prologue Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Andreas Vangstad

Sponsors

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Plussbank is a local savings bank based in southern Norway. Plussbank, as the general sponsor of the cycling team, provides the team with its name, alongside their cycling sponsor, BMC.

Team roster

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Rider Date of birth
  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 29)
  Eirik Bruland (NOR) (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29)
  Herman Dahl (NOR) (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30)
  Andreas Erland (NOR) (1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 32)
  Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (NOR) (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 26)
Rider Date of birth
  Fridtjof Røinås (NOR) (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30)
  Mathias Skjold (NOR) (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28)
  Petter Theodorsen (NOR) (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 29)
  Trond Trondsen (NOR) (1994-04-08) 8 April 1994 (age 30)
  Andreas Vangstad (NOR) (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 32)

References

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  1. ^ "CQ Ranking - Team Sparebanken Sør - 2017".
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