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is a Japanese professional
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 1st Stage 3 Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 3rd 
Road race, 
Time trial, Asian Under-23 Road Championships
: 6th Road race, National Road Championships
: 5th Overall
racing cyclist
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, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .
Career
Yamamoto won the third stage of theTour de Hokkaido
The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.
The event for 2018 was ...
twice while still a student at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
is a national university in Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan, founded in 1981.
Four alumni participated in the swimming and volleyball events in the Beijing Olympics, including Athens Olympics swimming gold medalist Ai Shibata.
Four players parti ...
, first in 2010 and again in 2013. He won the Under-23 Japanese National Road Race Championships twice in a row in 2010 and 2011.
He joined in 2014 and stayed on as it became a Professional Continental team starting in the 2015 season. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia
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. He transferred to the for the 2017 season.
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
The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.
The event for 2018 was ...
;2011
: 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 3rd Road race, Summer Universiade
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: 3rd Japan Cup Open Road Race
: 6th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.
The event for 2018 was ...
;2012
: 2nd Time trial, Asian Under-23 Road Championships
: 6th Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 8th Overall Tour de Singkarak
;2013
: National Under-23 Road Championships
::1st Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::3rd Road race
: 1st Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido
The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.
The event for 2018 was ...
: 4th Time trial, Asian Under-23 Road Championships
;2014
: National Road Championships
::3rd Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::3rd Road race
;2015
: 6th Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 6th Overall Tour de Korea
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;2017
: 5th Overall Tour de Flores
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: 7th Overall Tour de Kumano
The is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Mie Prefecture, Japan, named after Kumano. It was first created in 2006 as the amateur level, later moved up to the professional level in 2008 when included into the UCI Asia ...
;2018
: 1st Road race, National Road Championships
: 5th Overall Tour de Ijen
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...
;2019
: 5th Overall Tour de Hokkaido
The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.
The event for 2018 was ...
: 5th Overall Tour de Siak
: 7th Oita Urban Classic
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The Oita Ikoinomichi Criterium is ...
;2022
: 2nd Tour de Okinawa
The is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was first started in 1989 as an amateur race, but became professional in 1999. It became part of the UCI Asia Tour
The UCI Continental ...
: 10th Overall Tour of Japan
The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race.
History
Tour of Japan was form ...
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamamoto, Genki 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