Team Sparebanken Sør

Team Sparebanken Sør

Team information
UCI code	TSS
Registered	Norway
Founded	2010 (2010)
Discipline	Road
Status	Continental
Key personnel
General manager	Vidar Røinås
Team name history
2010–2011 2012 2013 2014–	Plussbank-Cervélo Plussbank BMC Team Plussbank Team Sparebanken Sør

Team Sparebanken Sør, UCI Team Code: TSS (former name is Plussbank, UCI Team Code: PBC), is a Norwegian licensed, UCI Continental cycling team, based in Grimstad, Norway. The team consists of eleven competitive riders and the team start now its sophomore season. Grimstad resident and the famous professional cyclist Thor Hushovd, who rides for BMC Racing Team, owns the team.

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

Major results

2015

1st Tour of Norway, Andreas Vangstad

1st Fyen Rundt - Tour of Fyen, 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.

Other main sponsors of the team include

Additional sponsorship

2016 team

Rider Date of birth  Previous team  Kristian Aasvold May 30, 1995 Herman Dahl November 24, 1993 Andreas Erland August 31, 1992 Carl Fredrik Hagen September 26, 1991 Christian Kaggestad September 14, 1995 Åge Ljøstad Nilsen January 01, 1995 Fridtjof Røinås August 02, 1994 Petter Theodorsen April 04, 1995 Ringeriks-Kraft (2015) Trond Trondsen April 08, 1994 Frøy-Bianchi (2014) Andreas Vangstad March 24, 1992

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  Kristian Aasvold.
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  Andreas Erland.
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  Carl Fredrik Hagen.
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  Åge Ljøstad Nilsen.
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  Petter Theodorsen.
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  Trond Trondsen.
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  Andreas Vangstad.

2015 team

Rider Date of birth  Kristian Aasvold (NOR) (1996-05-30) 30 May 1996  Vegard Robinson Bugge (NOR) (1989-12-07) 7 December 1989  Herman Dahl (NOR) (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993  Andreas Erland (NOR) (1992-08-31) 31 August 1992  Carl Fredrik Hagen (NOR) (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991  Christian Kaggestad (NOR) (1995-09-14) 14 September 1995

Rider Date of birth  Thomas Larsen (NOR) (1994-05-22) 22 May 1994  Morten Mørland (NOR) (1986-12-05) 5 December 1986  Fridtjof Røinås (NOR) (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994  Trond Trondsen (NOR) (1994-04-08) 8 April 1994  Andreas Vangstad (NOR) (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992

References

External links

• Official Site (Norwegian)
• Official Site, Riders (Norwegian)