Team Sparebanken Sør

Team Sparebanken Sør

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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

Company Name	company purpose
Igland Garasjen	a local garage producer
InterSport	a national and international sporting goods retailer
Trimtex Sport	based in Lillesand, they provide the team with cycling wear and clothing
Volvo/Bilforum Sør	car sponsor for the team, providing a V70 as team car

Additional sponsorship

Company
Sportsnutrition/PowerBar
Catlike Helmets
Sidi Cycling shoes
Bliz Eyewear

2016 team

• Lillers - Grand Prix de Lillers-Souvenir Bruno Comini, 6 mars 2016 (B131).JPG

  Kristian Aasvold.

• Lillers - Grand Prix de Lillers-Souvenir Bruno Comini, 6 mars 2016 (B132).JPG

  Andreas Erland.

• Lillers - Grand Prix de Lillers-Souvenir Bruno Comini, 6 mars 2016 (B127).JPG

  Carl Fredrik Hagen.

• Lillers - Grand Prix de Lillers-Souvenir Bruno Comini, 6 mars 2016 (B129).JPG

  Åge Ljøstad Nilsen.

• Lillers - Grand Prix de Lillers-Souvenir Bruno Comini, 6 mars 2016 (B128).JPG

  Petter Theodorsen.

• Lillers - Grand Prix de Lillers-Souvenir Bruno Comini, 6 mars 2016 (B133).JPG

  Trond Trondsen.

• Lillers - Grand Prix de Lillers-Souvenir Bruno Comini, 6 mars 2016 (B130).JPG

  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

External links

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