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RSS FeedsZak Dempster aiming to broaden his horizons in 2018
(Cyclingnews.com)

 
 

8 december 2017 17:08:44

 
Zak Dempster aiming to broaden his horizons in 2018
(Cyclingnews.com)
 


Zak Dempster says that he`s looking to expand his racing repertoire next season after extending his current contract with Israel Cycling Academy into next year. The 30-year-old Australian also wants to focus on honing his lead-outs next season after his team brought in a whole raft of new sprinters for 2018. `I`m looking forward to broadening my horizons to the tougher races. I`m looking forward to finally nailing some results and not just breakaways in classics and being there in the sharp end of races,` Dempster told Cyclingnews at a recent team bonding camp in Israel. `I think it is important that we work together to get those results so in big bunch sprints I`m more suited to launching a guy than sprinting and that has been obvious for a while now, probably since I started racing now. We`ve got a bunch of really fast guys like Edwin [Avila] and we`ve got Mihkel [Raim] who has proven that he can win at pro level. I`m really looking forward to racing with those guys in a lead-out role.`ADVERTISEMENT Dempster joined the Israel Cycling Academy at the start of this season after four years with Bora-Argon 18 (formerly NetApp-Endura). The 30-year-old had been working in a lead-out roll with sprinter Sam Bennett to three victories throughout the 2016 season. Dempster came to the newly promoted squad with the hopes of taking up the leadership role a little more and nail a few more wins along the way. Crashes in the spring made for a disappointing start to the season and a number of DNFs but there were some more solid results at the end of the season. A win did not come to fruition by the end of the year but ultimately Dempster felt like he had made some steps forward. `I did some things that I wanted to do and I didn`t get to do some things that I wanted to do. That`s pretty standard. In general, I think I had a pretty good standard,` said Dempster. `I had some off periods in the spring, but especially with my London result and a few others, I was happy with how ...


 
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