Zak Dempster

Zakkari Dempster (born 27 September 1987) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the SouthAustralia.com–AIS, , , , and teams. After retiring, Dempster now works as a directeur sportif for , the development team for UCI WorldTeam .

He was selected for the 2014 Tour de France finishing the race in 151st position on the general classification. Outside of cycling Dempster worked part-time as a fitness coach with Australian rules football team Carlton Football Club during the southern hemisphere summer between 2010 and 2013.

Major results

2003 3rd team pursuit, National Novice Track Championships 3rd time trial, National Novice Road Championships 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games 1st individual pursuit 1st scratch 2nd points race

3rd team pursuit, National Track Championships 2005 National Junior Track Championships

2nd team pursuit 2nd Madison 2nd overall National Junior Road time trial Series 3rd team pursuit, UCI Juniors World Championships 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

2nd scratch 2nd points race

National Track Championships

2nd individual pursuit 3rd points race 1st overall Gippsland Tour 1st stage 5 3rd team pursuit, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics (Sydney) 2008 1st Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic 1st stage 1 Tour of Japan 3rd individual pursuit, National Track Championships 2009

5th overall Tour de Hokkaido 2011 1st overall Tour Doon Hame 1st Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic 1st Severn Bridge Road Race 5th overall Ronde de l'Oise 1st stage 1 2012 1st stage 2 Czech Cycling Tour 4th Tartu GP 9th Trofeo Palma de Mallorca 2013 6th RideLondon–Surrey Classic 2014 1st stage 1 Bay Classic Series 2016 6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 2017 7th London–Surrey Classic 2018 4th Ronde van Drenthe 7th Nokere Koerse 2019 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic 8th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 9th Schaal Sels

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish