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 the famous professional cyclist Thor Hushovd, who rode for among others, Crédit Agricole and BMC Racing Team, owned the team.
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| Team information | |
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| UCI code | TSS |
| Registered | Norway |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Disbanded | 2017 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | Continental |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Vidar 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 are 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
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