Dmytro Grabovskyy
| File:Grabovskyy.JPG Grabovskyy in 2005 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Dmytro Grabovskyy Дмитро Грабовський |
| Born | 30 September 1985 Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 23 January 2017 (aged 31) |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2005–2006 | Team Finauto–Quickstep (under-23 satellite team) |
| 2006 | Quick-Step–Innergetic (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007–2008 | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| 2009–2010 | ISD |
| 2011 | ISD–Lampre |
| 2015 | Jilun Shakeland Cycling Team |
| Major wins | |
| File:Jersey green.svg Mountains Classification, Tirreno–Adriatico (2009) | |
Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukrainian: Дмитро Грабовський, Hebrew: דימיטרי גרבובסקי; 30 September 1985 – 23 January 2017) was a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer, who last competed for UCI Continental team Jilun Shakeland Cycling Team before his death in 2017.
Career
[edit | edit source]He was second in the time trial for juniors at the 2005 World Championship Cycling in Madrid and he won the road race. He signed his first professional contract with Quick-Step–Innergetic. After two years he joined ISD in 2009: after two years there he joined ISD-Lampre for 2011, his final year as a professional.[1] He competed in one Grand Tour during his career, the 2009 Giro d'Italia.[2] In a 2010 interview with Gazetta dello Sport he admitted that he had suffered from problems with alcoholism during his period with Quick-Step, to the point where he came close to death from alcohol poisoning on two occasions.[3]
He took up Israeli citizenship in 2015.[3] Grabovskyy died from a heart attack on 23 January 2017.[1]
Major results
[edit | edit source]- 2003
- 2nd File:Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2005
- UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 1st File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Stage 5 Five Rings of Moscow
- 2006
- 1st File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5b
- 2nd Overall Girobio
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2007
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2008
- 5th Firenze–Pistoia
- 2009
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2010
- 1st File:Jersey green.svg Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2015
- 3rd Overall Israman Negev Israel (1st Israeli)
References
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External links
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