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Registered | Norway |
Founded | 2005 |
Disbanded | 2020 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Status | Continental |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Birger Hungerholdt |
Team manager(s) | Gino van Oudehove |
Team name history | |
2005–2007 2008–2010 2011–2013 2014–2016 2016 2017–2018 2019–2020 | Maxbo–Bianchi Joker–Bianchi Joker–Merida Team Joker Team Joker–Byggtorget Joker Icopal Joker Fuel of Norway |
Joker Fuel of Norway ( UCI team code:JFN) was a UCI Continental cycling team based in Norway, [1] managed by Birger Hungerholdt with assistance from directeur sportifs Gino van Oudehove and Anders Linnestad. The team had well known riders, including Alexander Kristoff who rode for the team from 2007 to 2009, [2] and Edvald Boasson Hagen who joined the team in 2006 Maxbo–Bianchi and in his first season in the continental circuits he took eight wins including three stages of the Tour de l'Avenir. [3]
The team folded in 2020 due to financial pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]
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