Fred "Freddie" Rodriguez (born September 3, 1973) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. 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 di ...

four times, and won four stages at the Tour de Georgia. He competed in the men's individual road race at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

. Other notable results include high stage finishes in all three Grand Tours as well as second places in both in both Milan–San Remo and

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the To ...

in 2002. Rodriguez participated in all three

Grand Tours In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the ''Grand Tours'', and all three races are similar in ...

including the Giro d'Italia and

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

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 en ...

. He started the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

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 . D ...

: 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 a cycling stage race located in Redlands, California, United States that has been held since 1985. It consists of three road races, an individual time trial and a criterium A criterium, or crit, is a bike race ...

: 3rd

Road race, Pan American Games ;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 multiple stage 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 in February. It usually con ...

::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 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions wh ...

: 1st Stage 1b

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

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ...

: 6th

Philadelphia International Championship The Philadelphia International Championship was an annual bicycle race held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was described as "America's top international cycling classic, and one of the richest and most prestigious one day races outside of Euro ...

: 8th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali : 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 Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eu ...

;2000 : 1st MaillotUSA

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

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) 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 ...

::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 cl ...

::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt ::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 The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste ...

::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. Since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which we ...

: 10th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque ::1st Stage 5 ;2001 : 1st MaillotUSA

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st

: 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 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), th ...

::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. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami, after whom the race is named, is a former Belg ...

: 4th

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a 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 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, ...

: 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 Milan–San Remo : 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 Tour de Georgia ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : 2nd

G.P. Costa degli Etruschi The Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi is a one-day professional cycling race between the towns of San Vincenzo and Donoratico on the Tuscany coast in Italy. The 193 kilometre long race takes place at the beginning of February and has now taken ove ...

: 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 Cancellara ...

::1st Stage 2 : 4th Reading Classic : 4th Wachovia Classic : 9th Paris–Tours ;2004 : 1st MaillotUSA

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Wachovia Classic : 1st Reading Classic : 1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia : 2nd Grand Prix of San Francisco : 2nd

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup ...

: 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 GP Costa Azul ::1st Stage 1 : 4th

: 6th Doha International GP ;2006 : Tour de Georgia ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stage 4 ;2007 : 1st Stage 6 Tour de Georgia : 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

: 6th

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

;2012 : 3rd

;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 on ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Did not finish = DNF.

References

External links

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Profile at Cycling News

2011 Interview at Cycling News

2012 Interview at Cycling News

2013 Interview at Velo News
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Fred 1973 births Living people American Giro d'Italia stage winners American male cyclists Tour de Suisse stage winners Sportspeople from Bogotá Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Cyclists at the 1995 Pan American Games Olympic cyclists of the United States Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games