Ivailo Gabrovski ( bg, Ивайло Габровски; born January 31, 1978) is a

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n former racing cyclist. He holds the record for most Tour of Bulgaria wins, which he won 5 times.

Career

Gabrovski was born in

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. In April 2012, he won the

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of the Tour of Turkey. Racing for Turkish Continental team , 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,

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of . 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 the 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

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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.

, who had finished second, was awarded the victory.

Major results

;2001 : 1st MaillotBulgaria

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain : 2nd Overall

Tour du Poitou-Charentes Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...

::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 3rd Druivenkoers-Overijse ;2002 : 1st MaillotBulgaria

Road race, National Road Championships ;2003 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotBulgaria

Time trial ::2nd Road race : 1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria ::1st Prologue, Stages 5 & 7 ;2004 : 1st MaillotBulgaria

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria ::1st Stages 5 & 9 : 1st Stage 1

Circuit de Lorraine The Circuit de Lorraine is a multi-stage road bicycle racing event held annually in Lorraine, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...

;2005 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotBulgaria

Time trial ::1st MaillotBulgaria

Road race : 1st Overall

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;2006 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotBulgaria

Time trial ::1st MaillotBulgaria

Road race : 1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria ::1st Stages 1, 5b & 8 : 1st Overall

Tour of Serbia Tour de Serbie is a road bicycle race held annually in Serbia. First held in 1939, since 2005 it has been ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...

::1st Stages 3 & 6 : 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem ;2007 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotBulgaria

Time trial ::1st MaillotBulgaria

Road race : 1st Overall Tour of Turkey ::1st Stages 3 & 6 : 1st Overall

Tour de Liège The Tour de la province de Liège (English: Tour of the Province of Liège) is a cycling race held annually in the Liège province of Belgium. Although it isn't part of UCI Europe Tour, it has been won by many famous cyclists since its creation in ...

::1st Stage 6 : 1st Romsée–Stavelot–Romsée : 1st Stage 3a Tour of Bulgaria ;2008 : 1st MaillotBulgaria

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Overall

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::1st Stage 4 : 1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria : 1st Stage 3

;2009 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotBulgaria

Road race ::3rd Time trial : 1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st

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: 1st

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II : 3rd Overall

;2011 : 1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria ::1st Stage 8a ;2012 : ~~1st Overall Tour of Turkey~~ ::~~1st Stage 3~~ : 3rd Overall

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