Dmytro Grabovskyy

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.

Dmytro Grabovskyy
Grabovskyy in 2005
Personal information
Full nameDmytro Grabovskyy
Дмитро Грабовський
Born(1985-09-30)30 September 1985
Simferopol, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died23 January 2017(2017-01-23) (aged 31)
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2005–2006Team Finauto–Quickstep (under-23 satellite team)
2006Quick-Step–Innergetic (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2007–2008Quick-Step–Innergetic
2009–2010ISD
2011ISD–Lampre
2015Jilun Shakeland Cycling Team
Major wins
Mountains Classification, Tirreno–Adriatico (2009)

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

Dmytro Grabovskyy in the Prologue of the 2008 Tour of California

Major results
2003
2nd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2005
UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
1st Stage 5 Five Rings of Moscow
2006
1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
1st 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 Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
2015
3rd Overall Israman Negev Israel (1st Israeli)

References
  1. "Former under 23 world champion Dmytro Grabovskyy dies at 31 - Cyclingnews.com".
  2. Brown, Gregor (23 January 2017). "Former U23 world champion dies aged 31 after suspected heart attack". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. Westemeyer, Susan (5 January 2010). "Grabovskyy admits to alcohol abuse during Quick Step years". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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