For the Japanese kickboxer, see Genki Yamamoto (kickboxer).
Genki Yamamoto
Fullname
  • Genki Yamamoto
  • Japanese: 山本 元喜
Birth date19 November 1991 (age 34)
Birth placeHeguri, Nara, Japan
Height163 cm
Weight62 kg
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
RidertypePuncheur
Amateuryears 12010–2013
Amateurteam 1NIFS in Kanoya
Amateuryears 22014
Amateurteam 2Ikaruga AsTifo
Proyears 12014–2016
Proyears 22017–
Proteam 2[1]
Majorwins

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2018)

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 .[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

References

  1. ^ "Kinan Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived 7 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Kinan Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived 14 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. ^ "ロングスパートを決めた山本が大金星！". Cyclingtime. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. ^ "山本元喜が北海道ステージ2勝目" (in Japanese). Cyclowired. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ "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！" (in Japanese). Cyclowired. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  6. ^ "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" (in Japanese). Cyclowired. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  7. ^ "プロコン昇格のNIPPOヴィーニファンティーニが2015メン��ーを発表 山本、黒枝、石橋が加入" (in Japanese). Cyclowired. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  8. ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  9. ^ "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" (in Japanese). Cyclowired. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.