Team Sparebanken Sør Explained

Team Sparebanken Sør
Code:TSS
Registered:Norway
Disbanded:2017
Generalmanager:Vidar Røinås
Discipline:Road
Status:Continental
Season:2010–2011
2012
2013
2014–2017
Oldname:Plussbank–Cervélo
Plussbank BMC
Team Plussbank
Team Sparebanken Sør

Team Sparebanken Sør, 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 . 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

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

    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.

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: CQ Ranking - Team Sparebanken Sør - 2017.