Team Sparebanken Sør

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

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 Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho, Andreas Vangstad

Sponsors

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

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

References

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