# Fred Rodriguez

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 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.
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 in 2002. Rodriguez participated in all three Grand Tours including the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España one time each where he had multiple stage podiums in the Vuelta and won stage 9 of the 2004 Giro d'Italia. He started the Tour de France 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 Road race, National Junior Road Championships

### 1995

    1st Lancaster Classic
    1st Stage 3b Regio-Tour
    2nd Redlands Bicycle Classic
    3rd Road race, Pan American Games

### 1996

    1st International Cycling Classic
    1st Stage 5 Tour of China
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd US Pro Championship

### 1997

    1st Stage 4 Redlands Bicycle Classic
    8th Overall Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt

### 1998

    7th Overall Tour de Langkawi
       1st Stages 2 & 5

### 1999

    1st Schaal Sels
    1st Stage 1b Tour de Langkawi
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    4th Overall G.P. Portugal Telecom
    5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
    6th Philadelphia International Championship
    8th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
    8th Giro del Piemonte

### 2000

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st First Union Classic
    Tour de Suisse
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    2nd Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
       1st Stages 7 & 10
    2nd US Pro Championship
    3rd Overall UNIQA Classic
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 3
    3rd First Union Invitational
    4th GP de Fourmies
    10th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque
       1st Stage 5

### 2001

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Philadelphia International Championship
    1st US Pro Championship
    2nd GP de Fourmies
    3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Stage 1
    3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    4th Scheldeprijs
    8th Overall Guldensporentweedaagse
    8th First Union Classic

### 2002

    2nd Milan–San Remo
    2nd Gent–Wevelgem
    5th GP Ouest–France
    8th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

### 2003

    2nd Overall Tour de Georgia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 3 & 4
    2nd G.P. Costa degli Etruschi
    4th Overall International Tour of Rhodes
       1st Stage 2
    4th Reading Classic
    4th Wachovia Classic
    9th Paris–Tours

### 2004

    1st 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
    3rd Lancaster Classic
    3rd Wachovia Invitational
    8th Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau

### 2005

    2nd Lancaster Classic
    2nd Reading Classic
    2nd Wachovia Invitational
    2nd Wachovia Classic
    4th Road race, National Road Championships
    4th Overall GP Costa Azul
       1st Stage 1
    4th Philadelphia International Championship
    6th Doha International GP

### 2006

    Tour de Georgia
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 4

### 2007

    1st Stage 6 Tour de Georgia
    1st Stage 3 Tour of Elk Grove
    4th Road race, National Road Championships

### 2008

    3rd Philadelphia International Championship
    6th Lancaster Classic
    6th Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley Classic

### 2011

    4th Overall Tour of Elk Grove

### 2012

    3rd Philadelphia International Championship

### 2013

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    7th Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 86 | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | 132 | DNF | DNF |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | 109 | — |
Did not finish = DNF.