Tibor Del Grosso

Tibor Del Grosso (born 27 July 2003) is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road and mountain bike cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the gold medal in the men's under-23 race at the 2024 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships and the silver medal in the same event at the 2023 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. He also won the gold medal in the team relay at the 2023 World Championships. He occasionally competes in cross-country mountain biking, having won the 2022 national under-23 championships.

Biography

As a junior (under-19), Del Grosso achieved international results in both road cycling and cyclo-cross. In 2020, he became the Dutch national junior cyclo-cross champion. In 2021, he focused almost exclusively on road cycling and won the national titles in the road race and the individual time trial. He won the general classification of the Ronde des VallÃÂ©es, as well as a stage of the SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse. When he joined the under-23 category for the 2022 season, he signed with the UCI Continental team MetecÃ¢ÂÂSolarwatt p/b Mantel. With this team, he achieved numerous top-10 finishes in his first season. Also active in mountain biking, he became the Dutch national under-23 cross-country champion in 2022. In cyclo-cross, he concentrated on the major races, the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, and the championships. He made his breakthrough in the 2022Ã¢ÂÂ2023 season, becoming the Dutch national under-23 cyclo-cross champion and finishing second overall in the Under-23 World Cup, after winning his first World Cup race in BesanÃÂ§on. At the end of the season, at the World Championships on home soil, he became vice-world champion in the under-23 race and world champion in the mixed relay.

At the end of the 2023 season, Del Grosso joined the UCI Continental team AlpecinÃ¢ÂÂDeceuninck Development Team. During the 2023Ã¢ÂÂ2024 cyclo-cross season, he won four rounds and the general classification of the Under-23 World Cup, and became under-23 cyclo-cross world champion ahead of Belgians Emiel Verstrynge and Jente Michels.