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

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

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

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' ( French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is se ...

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 al ...

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

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

, 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 held ...

::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 bicycle 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 Juniors Track Worl ...

;2006 : 1st Bendigo Madison (with

Mitchell Docker Mitchell Docker (born 2 October 1986) is an Australian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2021. In May 2021, Docker announced that he would retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2021 season. C ...

) : 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

, 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. The season began on 30 November 2007 and ended on 17 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the UCI. The 2007–2008 se ...

(Sydney) ;2008 : 1st

Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropoli ...

: 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 2.1 category race. History Tour of Japan was formed a ...

: 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 ...

;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 held annually in the department of Oise in France. It was founded in 1954 and in 2007 became part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...

::1st Stage 1 ;2012 : 1st Stage 2

Czech Cycling Tour The Czech Cycling Tour is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic. It was created in 2010 and was initially part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2, but in 2015 moved up to 2.1 The Union Cycli ...

: 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 The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or ear ...

;2013 : 6th RideLondon–Surrey Classic ;2014 : 1st Stage 1

Bay Classic Series The Bay Classic Series (currently running as the Lexus of Blackburn Bay Crits) is a road cycling race held annually in and around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. The race consists of both a men's and a women's competition over three stage ...

;2016 : 6th

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) 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 o ...

;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 cycling race, starting and finishing in London and routed via the picturesque Surrey Hills. The first race of its kind wa ...

;2018 : 4th

Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, kn ...

: 7th

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was c ...

;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 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dempster, Zak 1987 births Living people Australian male cyclists Australian track cyclists Australian Institute of Sport cyclists Cyclists from South Australia