Dmytro Grabovskyy
Grabovskyy in 2005 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name |
Dmytro Grabovskyy Дмитро Грабовський |
Born |
Simferopol, Ukraine | 30 September 1985
Died | 23 January 2017 31) | (aged
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]
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 2 "Former under 23 world champion Dmytro Grabovskyy dies at 31 - Cyclingnews.com".
- 1 2 Brown, Gregor (23 January 2017). "Former U23 world champion dies aged 31 after suspected heart attack". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- 1 2 Westemeyer, Susan (5 January 2010). "Grabovskyy admits to alcohol abuse during Quick Step years". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ↑ Stokes, Shane; Alvarez Macias, Hernan (21 September 2005). "Another title for Ignatiev". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
External links
- Dmytro Grabovskyy at Cycling Archives