Ivailo Gabrovski

Ivailo Gabrovski (; 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 , 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 . 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. He was banned for two years and lost the title. Alexsandr Dyachenko, who had finished second, was awarded the victory.

Major results

2001

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

2003 National Road Championships

2nd Road race 1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria 1st Prologue, Stages 5 & 7 2004

1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria 1st Stages 5 & 9 1st Stage 1 Circuit de Lorraine 2005 National Road Championships

1st Overall Tour of Romania 2006 National Road Championships

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 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 Overall The Paths of King Nikola 1st Stage 4 1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria 1st Stage 3 Tour of Serbia 2009 National Road Championships

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 Stage 3 3rd Overall Tour of Morocco