Career
Racing for Turkish Continental team Konya Torku Seker Spor, Gabrovski accelerated 8 kilometers from the finish line in the first mountain top finish stage in the race"s history. Later that year he lost his title since he tested positive for EPO. Gabrovsky speaks French fluently, a skill that he attributes to his beginnings in professional cycling, where he was part of Jean Delatour team 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.
He was banned for two years and lost the title. Alexsandr Dyachenko, who had finished second, was awarded the victory.