Dmytro Grabovskyy

Dmytro Grabovskyy
Grabovskyy in 2005
Personal information
Full name Dmytro Grabovskyy
Дмитро Грабовський
Born (1985-09-30)30 September 1985
Simferopol, Ukraine
Died 23 January 2017(2017-01-23) (aged 31)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2005–2006 Team Finauto-Quickstep (under-23 satellite team)
2006 Quick-Step–Innergetic (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2007–2008 Quick-Step–Innergetic
2009–2010 ISD
2011 ISD-Lampre
Major wins
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 ISD-Lampre.

Career

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.[2] Grabovskyy died from a heart attack on 23 January 2017.[1]

Dmytro Grabovskyy in the Prologue of the 2008 Tour of California

Palmarès

2005
1st Men's Under-23 World Championship
1st European Individual Time Trial Championship
2nd Men's Under-23 World Time Trial Championship[4]
2006
1st Overall Giro delle Regioni (Under 23): plus stage wins
2nd Overall Girobio[3] plus stage win
1st European Individual Time Trial Championship
2010
1st, Mountains Classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
2015
3rd overall, Israman Negev Israel (1st Israeli)

References

  1. 1 2 "Former under 23 world champion Dmytro Grabovskyy dies at 31 - Cyclingnews.com".
  2. 1 2 Brown, Gregor (23 January 2017). "Former U23 world champion dies aged 31 after suspected heart attack". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. 1 2 Westemeyer, Susan (5 January 2010). "Grabovskyy admits to alcohol abuse during Quick Step years". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Stokes, Shane; Alvarez Macias, Hernan (21 September 2005). "Another title for Ignatiev". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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