Genki Yamamoto
Personal information | |
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Full name |
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Born | Heguri, Nara, Japan | 19 November 1991
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Kinan Cycling Team |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Puncheur |
Amateur teams | |
2010–2013 | NIFS in Kanoya |
2014 | Ikaruga AsTifo |
Professional teams | |
2014–2016 | Vini Fantini–Nippo |
2017– | Kinan Cycling Team[1] |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics | |
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Medal record |
Genki Yamamoto (山本 元喜, Yamamoto Genki, born 19 November 1991) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Kinan Cycling 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 Vini Fantini–Nippo 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 Kinan Cycling Team 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
- 2019
- 5th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
Grand Tour | 2016 |
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Giro d'Italia | 151 |
Tour de France | — |
Vuelta a España | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References[]
- ^ "Kinan Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Kinan Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "ロングスパートを決めた山本が大金星!". Cyclingtime. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "山本元喜が北海道ステージ2勝目". Cyclowired (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "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 (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "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 (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "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 (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "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 (in Japanese). 25 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
External links[]
- Genki Yamamoto at ProCyclingStats
- Genki Yamamoto at Cycling Archives
Categories:
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Japanese male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Nara Prefecture
- Universiade medalists in cycling
- Universiade bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade