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

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

Rider	Date of birth
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

Rider	Date of birth
Åge Ljøstad Nilsen	January 01, 1995
Fridtjof Røinås	August 02, 1994
Petter Theodorsen	April 04, 1995
Trond Trondsen	April 08, 1994
Andreas Vangstad	March 24, 1992

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
Håkon Trond Trondsen (NOR)		(1994-04-08) 8 April 1994
Andreas Vangstad (NOR)		(1992-03-24) 24 March 1992

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