Team Sparebanken Sør

Team Sparebanken Sør

Team information
UCI code	TSS
Registered	Norway
Founded	2010 (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

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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Rider Date of birth  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 28)  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 31)  Ludvik Aspelund Holstad (NOR) (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 25)

Rider Date of birth  Fridtjof Røinås (NOR) (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 29)  Mathias Skjold (NOR) (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 27)  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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website (in Norwegian)