Genki Yamamoto
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Fullname
- Genki Yamamoto
- Japanese: 山本 元喜
Born19 November 1991
Heguri, Nara, Japan
Heguri, Nara, Japan
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
.JPG) Genki Yamamoto at the 2015 Scheldeprijs. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 November 1991 Heguri, Nara, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Kinan Racing 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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 Racing Team.[2]
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]
