Fred "Freddie" Rodriguez (born September 3, 1973) is an American former professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most comm ...

. His nickname, ''Fast Freddie'', is due to his reputation as a sprint specialist. Rodriguez won the

United States National Road Race Championships The United States National Professional Road Race Championships began in 1985. They are run by the governing body, USA Cycling. Until 2006 the race was open to all nationalities, the first American to finish being named the winner and given a dis ...

four times, and won four stages at the

Tour de Georgia The Tour de Georgia was a U.S. professional road cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and was contested six times until 2008. It was one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe ( 2.HC) stage ra ...

. He competed in the men's individual road race at the

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. Other notable results include high stage finishes in all three Grand Tours as well as second places in both in both

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

and

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

in 2002. Rodriguez participated in all three Grand Tours including the

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

and

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one time each where he had multiple stage podiums in the Vuelta and won stage 9 of the

2004 Giro d'Italia The 2004 Giro d'Italia was the 87th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Genoa with a prologue. The race came to a close with a mass-start road stage that stretched from Clusone to Milan. Nineteen teams ...

. He started the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

seven times finishing it twice, and while he never won any stages he was often competitive on sprint stages with several top 5's. Rodriguez retired at the end of the 2015 season.

Major results

;1991 : 1st MaillotUSA

Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;1995 : 1st

Lancaster Classic The Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic was a professional road bicycle race held in late May or early June between 1992 and 2007 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. With the exception of the first race, which was , the Lancaster Classic covered about . ...

: 1st Stage 3b

Regio-Tour The Regio-Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held between France, Switzerland and Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Laurent Brochard, Jan Ullrich, ...

: 2nd

Redlands Bicycle Classic The Redlands Bicycle Classic is the longest continuous running invitational, professional cycle sport, cycling stage race in American bike racing, located in Redlands, California, United States. The race began in 1985 after the 1984 Summer Olympic ...

: 3rd

Road race,

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;1996 : 1st International Cycling Classic : 1st Stage 5

Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd US Pro Championship ;1997 : 1st Stage 4

: 8th Overall Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt ;1998 : 7th Overall

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a stage race, multiple stage bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily ...

::1st Stages 2 & 5 ;1999 : 1st

Schaal Sels Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners Men ...

: 1st Stage 1b

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall G.P. Portugal Telecom : 5th Overall

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: 6th Philadelphia International Championship : 8th Overall

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. History Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...

: 8th

Giro del Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Piedmont region, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. From 2005–2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eur ...

;2000 : 1st MaillotUSA

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st First Union Classic :

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...

::1st

Points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points c ...

::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall

Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt The Internationale Niedersachsen–Rundfahrt is a multi-stage road bicycle race held in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are ...

::1st Stages 7 & 10 : 2nd US Pro Championship : 3rd Overall

UNIQA Classic The Uniqa Classic was a staged cycling race held in Austria. It was created in 1953 and was part of UCI Europe Tour in 2005 as a 2.1 event, but has not been held since. Its main sponsor was insurance company Uniqa, which the race was named after ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd First Union Invitational : 4th

GP de Fourmies The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. From 2005 to 2019 it was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021, it joined the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's ...

: 10th Overall

4 Jours de Dunkerque The Four Days of Dunkirk () is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for ...

::1st Stage 5 ;2001 : 1st MaillotUSA

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Philadelphia International Championship : 1st US Pro Championship : 2nd

: 3rd Overall

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a UCI race classifications, 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the UCI World Tour, World Tour, by the ...

::1st Stage 1 : 3rd

Grand Prix Pino Cerami Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before being cancelled from 2019 to 2022. Upon its return in 2 ...

: 4th

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a road bicycle racing, cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a UCI race cla ...

: 8th Overall

Guldensporentweedaagse Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...

: 8th First Union Classic ;2002 : 2nd

: 2nd

: 5th GP Ouest–France : 8th Overall

Tour du Poitou-Charentes Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...

: 9th

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...

;2003 : 2nd Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : 2nd G.P. Costa degli Etruschi : 4th Overall

International Tour of Rhodes The International Tour of Rhodes is an annual professional cycling stage race held in Rhodes, Greece. It was first held in 1987, but the second edition only took place in 1995. Between 2001 and 2003 it became a professional race. Fabian Cancellar ...

::1st Stage 2 : 4th Reading Classic : 4th Wachovia Classic : 9th

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...

;2004 : 1st MaillotUSA

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Wachovia Classic : 1st Reading Classic : 1st Stage 9

: 2nd Grand Prix of San Francisco : 2nd

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before joining the UCI ProSeries in 2020. In 1 ...

: 3rd

: 3rd Wachovia Invitational : 8th Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau ;2005 : 2nd

: 2nd Reading Classic : 2nd Wachovia Invitational : 2nd Wachovia Classic : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

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::1st Stage 1 : 4th Philadelphia International Championship : 6th Doha International GP ;2006 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 4 ;2007 : 1st Stage 6

: 1st Stage 3

Tour of Elk Grove The Tour of Elk Grove was an annual bicycle race held in Elk Grove Village, IL in the United States. First staged in 2006, the race covered more than 277 kilometers (172 Miles) and took place over three days. The event featured 16 professional a ...

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships ;2008 : 3rd Philadelphia International Championship : 6th

: 6th Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley Classic ;2011 : 4th Overall

;2012 : 3rd Philadelphia International Championship ;2013 : 1st MaillotUSA

Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Overall

Nature Valley Grand Prix The North Star Grand Prix is a men's and women's road bicycle racing stage race held each June in Minnesota, United States, as part of the North Star Bicycle Festival. An event was added in North Mankato in 2016. The North Star Grand Prix is one ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Did not finish = DNF.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Fred 1973 births Living people American Giro d'Italia stage winners American male cyclists Tour de Suisse stage winners Cyclists from Bogotá Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in cycling Cyclists at the 1995 Pan American Games Olympic cyclists for the United States Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century American sportsmen