Genki Yamamoto Explained

Genki Yamamoto
Birth Date:19 November 1991
Birth Place:Heguri, Nara, Japan
Height:163 cm
Weight:62 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Puncheur
Amateuryears1:2010–2013
Amateurteam1:NIFS in Kanoya
Amateuryears2:2014
Amateurteam2:Ikaruga AsTifo
Proyears1:2014–2016
Proyears2:2017–
Proteam2:[1]
Majorwins:One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2018)

is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .[2]

Career

Yamamoto won the third stage of the Tour de Hokkaido twice while still a student at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, first in 2010[3] and again in 2013.[4] He won the Under-23 Japanese National Road Race Championships twice in a row in 2010 and 2011.[5] He joined in 2014[6] and stayed on as it became a Professional Continental team starting in the 2015 season.[7] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[8] He transferred to the for the 2017 season.[9]

Major results

2009
  • 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
  • Asian Junior Road Championships
  • 7th Time trial
  • 8th Road race
    2010
  • 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido
    2011
  • 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 3rd Road race, Summer Universiade
  • 3rd Japan Cup Open Road Race
  • 6th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
    2012
  • 2nd Time trial, Asian Under-23 Road Championships
  • 6th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 8th Overall Tour de Singkarak
    2013
  • National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial
  • 3rd Road race
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido
  • 4th Time trial, Asian Under-23 Road Championships
    2014
  • National Road Championships
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 3rd Road race
    2015
  • 6th Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 6th Overall Tour de Korea
    2017
  • 5th Overall Tour de Flores
  • 7th Overall Tour de Kumano
    2018
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 5th Overall Tour de Ijen
    2019
  • 5th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
  • 5th Overall Tour de Siak
  • 7th Oita Urban Classic
    2022
  • 2nd Tour de Okinawa
  • 10th Overall Tour of Japan
    2023
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour de Kumano
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 10th Mine Akiyoshi-dai Karst International Road Race

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour2016
    Giro d'Italia151
    Tour de France—
    Vuelta a España—
    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Kinan Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 7 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200407204704/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14092/1001999/257. 7 April 2020.
    2. Web site: Kinan Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 14 February 2021. https://archive.today/20210214194437/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15822/1001999/276. 14 February 2021.
    3. Web site: ロングスパートを決めた山本が大金星！. Cyclingtime. 18 March 2015.
    4. Web site: 山本元喜が北海道ステージ2勝目. Cyclowired. 18 March 2015. Japanese.
    5. Web site: 全日本選手権が八幡平で開幕！U23は鹿屋の山本元喜が連覇を達成！. Cyclowired. 18 March 2015. Japanese.
    6. Web site: ヴィーニファンティーニ・NIPPO・デローザに山本元喜、秋丸湧哉、石橋学、小石祐馬ら日本人若手4選手が加入. Cyclowired. 18 March 2015. Japanese.
    7. Web site: プロコン昇格のNIPPOヴィーニファンティーニが2015メンバーを発表 山本、黒枝、石橋が加入. Cyclowired. 16 March 2015. Japanese.
    8. Web site: 99th Giro d'Italia Startlist . 6 May 2016 . Pro Cycling Stats.
    9. Web site: 中島康晴、トマ・ルバ、山本元喜ら加入で11人体制3年目のキナンサイクリングチーム. Cyclowired. 27 December 2016. Japanese. 25 December 2016.

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