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 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 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
editPlussbank 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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References
editExternal links
edit- Official website (in Norwegian)