Fred Rodriguez
FameRank: 4

"Grand Tour (cycling)/Grand Tours"

: "Giro d'Italia"

:: 1 individual stage (2004 Giro d'Italia/2004)

"Classic cycle races/One-day races and Classics"

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"Fred "Freddie" Rodriguez" (born September 3, 1973) is an United States/American professional Bicycle road racing/road racing cyclist who rides for . His nickname, Fast Freddie, is due to his reputation as a Cycling sprinter/sprint specialist. Rodriguez is both a four-time United States National Road Race Championships/National Road Race Champion and a four-time Tour de Georgia stage winner.

Other notable palmarès include, winning Stage 9 of the 2004 Giro d'Italia, which he accomplished by defeating Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, winner of the 2010 Tour de France Green Jersey. Rodriguez finished a close second to Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini in both the 2002 Milan - San Remo/2002 Milan-San Remo and the 2002 Gent–Wevelgem. Rodriguez has participated in all three Grand Tours, the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España.

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I don't know, but it seems to help me. If something bad happens, I have a good day. Any time I have a big race in the U.S., I seem to have mechanical (errors).

The pace was pretty high. At that point, I didn't know if I was going to make it back on, and if I did make it back on, I didn't know if I was going to have the legs. It was kind of one of those things where you wondered if you're doing it for no reason, but as soon as I got back, I knew we had a chance.

I started pushing in that last 150 meters, and I passed everyone except for (Michaelsen). You can only do so much. You always like racing at home and doing well at home so (this finish) is a treat.

You're looking at a guy who got shot nine times and who barely survived being indicted by murder for perjury? Wow.