# Ivailo Gabrovski

Ivailo Gabrovski (Bulgarian: Ивайло Габровски; born January 31, 1978) is a Bulgarian former racing cyclist. He holds the record for most Tour of Bulgaria wins, which he won 5 times.

## Career

Gabrovski was born in Sofia. 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 the 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.

## Major results
### 2001

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
    2nd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
    3rd Druivenkoers-Overijse

### 2002

    1st Road race, National Road Championships

### 2003

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria
       1st Prologue, Stages 5 & 7

### 2004

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

### 2005

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    1st Overall Tour of Romania

### 2006

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria
       1st Stages 1, 5b & 8
    1st Overall Tour of Serbia
       1st Stages 3 & 6
    3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

### 2007

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    1st Overall Tour of Turkey
       1st Stages 3 & 6
    1st Overall Tour de Liège
       1st Stage 6
    1st Romsée–Stavelot–Romsée
    1st Stage 3a Tour of Bulgaria

### 2008

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall The Paths of King Nikola
       1st Stage 4
    1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria
    1st Stage 3 Tour of Serbia

### 2009

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       3rd Time trial
    1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    1st Grand Prix of Sharm el-Sheikh
    1st Tour of Vojvodina II
    3rd Overall Tour of Serbia

### 2011

    1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria
       1st Stage 8a

### 2012

    1st Overall Tour of Turkey
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Overall Tour of Morocco