Zakkari Dempster (born 27 September 1987) was an Australian former professional

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, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the SouthAustralia.com–AIS, , , , and teams. After retiring, Dempster now works as a

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for , the development team for

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. He was selected for the

2014 Tour de France The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race included 21 stages, starting in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, on 5 July and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July. The race ...

finishing the race in 151st position on the

general classification The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulati ...

. Outside of cycling Dempster worked part-time as a fitness coach with

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team

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during the southern hemisphere summer between 2010 and 2013.

Major results

;2003 : 3rd team pursuit, National Novice Track Championships : 3rd

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, National Novice Road Championships ;2004 :

Commonwealth Youth Games The Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is an international multi-sport event organized by the Commonwealth Games Federation. The games were held in the years, mid-way between when the Commonwealth Games are held, until 2008. They continued to be he ...

::1st individual pursuit ::1st scratch ::2nd points race : 1st MaillotAustralia

team pursuit, National Junior Track Championships : 3rd team pursuit, National Track Championships ;2005 : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

individual pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

points race ::2nd team pursuit ::2nd Madison : 2nd overall National Junior Road time trial Series : 3rd team pursuit,

UCI Juniors World Championships The UCI Juniors World Championships were a set of UCI World Championships events for junior cyclists in 2005 to 2009. In 2010 it was divided into: *The Junior men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships *The UCI Junior Track Cycling World C ...

;2006 : 1st Bendigo Madison (with Mitchell Docker) : 2nd team pursuit, National Track Championships : 3rd points race, Oceania Track Championships : 3rd time trial, Oceania Road Championships ;2007 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

team pursuit ::2nd scratch ::2nd points race : 1st MaillotAustralia

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Under-23 Road Championships : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

scratch ::1st MaillotAustralia

team pursuit ::2nd individual pursuit ::3rd points race : 1st overall Gippsland Tour ::1st stage 5 : 3rd team pursuit,

2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race competition over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-d ...

(Sydney) ;2008 : 1st

Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic The Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic cycling race is a one-day road bicycle race. The race started in 1895 and is Australia's oldest one day race and the world's second oldest one day race, after the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Classic. Histor ...

: 1st stage 1

Tour of Japan The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. History Tour of Japan was forme ...

: 3rd individual pursuit, National Track Championships ;2009 : 1st OceaniaChampionJersey

team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships : 5th overall

Tour de Hokkaido The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. The event for 2018 was can ...

;2011 : 1st overall Tour Doon Hame : 1st Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic : 1st Severn Bridge Road Race : 5th overall

Ronde de l'Oise The Ronde de l'Oise is a cycling stage race, stage race held annually in the department of Oise in France. It was founded in 1954 and in 2007 became part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2. Winners Sources: ...

::1st stage 1 ;2012 : 1st stage 2 Czech Cycling Tour : 4th

Tartu GP The Tartu GP was a one-day road cycling race in Tartu, Estonia. It was first run in 2001 and became part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.1 event in 2005. The most successful rider was Jaan Kirsipuu with three consecutive victories. The race was ...

: 9th Trofeo Palma de Mallorca ;2013 : 6th RideLondon–Surrey Classic ;2014 : 1st stage 1 Bay Classic Series ;2016 : 6th

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton () is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipa ...

;2017 : 7th

London–Surrey Classic The London–Surrey Classic (also known as the RideLondon–Surrey Classic) was an annual men's professional one-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race, starting and finishing in London and routed via the picturesque Surrey Hills AONB, Surr ...

;2018 : 4th

Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe () was an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professiona ...

: 7th

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...

;2019 : 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic : 8th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde : 9th

Schaal Sels Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners Men ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dempster, Zak 1987 births Living people Australian male cyclists Australian track cyclists Australian Institute of Sport cyclists Cyclists from South Australia Sportsmen from South Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen