Dmytro Ihorevych Grabovskyy (, ; 30 September 1985 – 23 January 2017) was a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer, who last competed for UCI Continental team before his death in 2017.
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 . After two years he joined in 2009: after two years there he joined ISD-Lampre for 2011, his final year as a professional. He competed in one Grand Tour during his career, the 2009 Giro d'Italia. 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.
He took up Israeli citizenship in 2015. Grabovskyy died from a heart attack on 23 January 2017.
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)
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