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Ivailo Gabrovski (Bulgarian: Ивайло Габровски; born January 31, 1978) is a Bulgarian racing cyclist born in Sofia. He holds the record for most Tour of Bulgaria wins, which he won 5 times.
In April 2012, he won the third stage of the Tour of Turkey. Racing for Turkish Continental team Konya–Torku Şekerspor, Gabrovski accelerated 8 kilometers from the finish line in the first mountain top finish stage in the race's history. He went on to win solo, with a gap of 1 minute and 29 seconds to his nearest competitor, Alexsandr Dyachenko of Astana. With that win, he took the leader's jersey, which he held for the rest of the race to take the overall title. Later that year he lost his title since he tested positive for EPO.
Gabrovski speaks French fluently, a skill that he attributes to his beginnings in professional cycling, where he was part of Jean Delatour team.
Doping
In 2003 he was prevented from racing the 3 Days of West Flanders when he came in over the hematocrit limit. In 2005, he was prevented from riding the world championship in Madrid after failing a blood test conducted by the UCI. He claimed at that time that being an athlete, his body was producing more red blood cells than the average person.
In 2012, Gabrovski tested positive for EPO at that year's Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, which he won. He was banned for two years and lost the title. Alexsandr Dyachenko, who had finished second, was awarded the victory.
Palmarès
- 2001
- 1st
Bulgaria Time Trial Championship - 1st Tour de l'Ain
- 2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1 stage Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2002
- 1st Bulgaria Road Championship
- 2003
- 1st Bulgaria Time Trial Championship
- Tour of Bulgaria
- 1st General Classification
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Stages 5 and 7
- 2nd Bulgaria Road Championship
- 2004
- 1st Stage 1 Circuit de Lorraine
- 1st Bulgaria Time Trial Championship
- 1st Tour of Bulgaria
- 1st Stages 5 and 9
- 2005
- 1st Bulgaria Time Trial Championship
- 1st Bulgaria Road Championship
- 1st Tour of Romania
- 2006
- 1st Bulgaria Time Trial Championship
- 1st Bulgaria Road Championship
- Tour of Bulgaria
- 1st General Classification
- 1st Stages 1, 5b and 8
- Tour of Serbia
- 1st General Classification
- 1st Stages 3 and 6
- 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 2007
- 1st Bulgaria Time Trial Championship
- 1st Bulgaria Road Championship
- Tour of Turkey
- 1st General Classification
- 1st Stages 3 and 6
- 1st Romse -Stavelot -Romse
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de la province de Liège
- 1st General Classification
- 1st Stage 3a Tour of Bulgaria
- 2008
- 1st Bulgaria Time Trial Championship
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st The Paths of King Nikola
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Serbia
- 1st Tour of Bulgaria
- 2009
- 1st Bulgaria Road Championship
- 1st
Egypt Grand Prix de Sharm el-Sheikh - 1st Tour of Bulgaria
- 1st Stages 1 and 2
- 1st Kroz Vojvodina II deo
- 3rd Tour of Serbia
- 3rd Bulgaria Time Trial Championship
- 2011
- Tour of Bulgaria
- 1st General Classification
- 1st Stage 8a
- 2012
- 3rd Tour of Morocco
Tour of Turkey
1st General Classification1st Stage 3*
*Result cancelled due to positive test.