Genki Yamamoto

Genki Yamamoto (山本 元喜) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team.

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 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. 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 MaillotJapón.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour de Hokkaido


 * 2011
 * 1st MaillotJapón.PNG Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 3rd Bronze_medal_blank.svg Road race, Summer Universiade
 * 3rd Japan Cup Open Road Race
 * 6th Overall Tour de Hokkaido


 * 2012
 * 2nd Silver medal asia.svg 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 MaillotJapón.PNG 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 MaillotJapón.PNG 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