Genki Yamamoto
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Genki Yamamoto | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | Puncher | |||||||||||||||||||
Amateur team(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010-2013 | NIFS in Kanoya | |||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Ikaruga AsTifo | |||||||||||||||||||
Professional team(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | Nippo–Vini Fantini | |||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Kinan Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Genki Yamamoto (山本 元喜 Yamamoto Genki, born 19 November 1991) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist.[1] He 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[2] and again in 2013.[3] He won the Under-23 Japanese National Road Race Championships twice in a row in 2010 and 2011.[4] He joined Vini Fantini–Nippo in 2014[5] and stayed on as it became a Professional Continental team starting in the 2015 season.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[7] He transferred to the Kinan Cycling Team for the 2017 season.[8]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2009
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 7th Time trial, Asian Junior Road Championships
- 8th Road race, Asian Junior Road Championships
- 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
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships - 1st Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido
- 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Under-23Road Championships
- 4th Time trial, Asian Under-23 Road Championships
- 2014
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 6th Overall Tour de Korea
- 6th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 5th Overall Tour de Flores
- 7th Overall Tour de Kumano
- 2018
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2016 |
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— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Genki Yamamoto". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ↑ "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 Cycling Archives
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