BIKE JERSEY: Three-time US champion Freddie Rodriguez DAVITAMON-LOTTO
Item Number: 210
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Value: $300
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BIKE JERSEY: Three-time US champion Freddie Rodriguez DAVITAMON-LOTTO Minimum Bid $150
You can see career highlights below.
http://www.usacycling.org/bios/user/bio.php?id=93
http://www.velobios.com/riders.rockracing2008.rodriguez.htm
Donation sourced by: Katny Favognano. THANK YOU!
| Fred Rodriguez | |||
| Birthdate: 9/3/73 Hometown: Whittier, Calif. Discipline: Road Team: Davitamon-Lotto Website: www.davitamon-lotto.com Olympian: 2000 Career Highlights: Three-Time USPRO Champion - (2000, '01, '04 road race) 2000 First Union Classic - 1st Place 2000 Tour of Switzerland, Stage 1, 1st Place 2001 Tour of Luxembourg, Stage 1, 1st Place 2002 Milan-San Remo World Cup - 2nd Place 2003 Tour de Georgia, Stage 3, 1st Place 2003 Tour de Georgia, Stage 4, 1st Place |
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| Personal | |||
| In high school, Fred competed in cross-country and swimming. He is married to his wife Annie, and the couple divides their lives between homes in Emeryville, Calif. and Girona, Spain. Freddys favorite movie is Star Wars and his favorite cuisine is Japanese. | |||
| Favorite Pastimes | |||
| Freds interests outside cycling certainly mark him as Californian. He enjoys surfing in his spare time, and his greatest interests include coffee and technology. Fred and Annie have an Australian Shepard named Kaileigh. | |||
| How They Got Here | |||
| Rodriguez was encouraged to begin cycling in 1987 by his father who was a nationally ranked cyclist in Colombia, having ridden in the Tour de Colombia three times. He progressed from Californian mini-peloton through the U.S. Junior and Senior team ranks. Fred began his pro career with Saturn in 1996. From 1999-2000, he raced for Mapei-Quick Step and from 2001-2002, he raced for Domo/FarmFrites. In 2003, he rode with Division I Italian Vini Calidirola Sidermec. | |||
| Did You Know? | |||
| Fred created a coffee blend, Fast Freddies Turbo Blend which he is selling locally in California. Rodriguez was the Junior National Road Champion in 1991. He was a member of the U.S. National Team from 1993-1995. | |||
| Performance | |||
| 2006 3rd - Stage 6, Tour of California 2005 2nd - Wachovia Cycling Series 2nd - Wachovia Cycling Series 3rd - Stage 13, Tour de France 4th - Wachovia USRO Championship 2004 Stage Winner, Stage 9, Giro d'Italia 4th - Stage 2, Circuit de la Sarthe 4th - Stage 3, Circuit de la Sarthe 2003 4th Overall- Tour of Rhodes 1st - Stage 2, Tour of Rhodes 2nd - Stage 1, Tour of Rhodes 2nd Overall- Tour de Georgia 1st - Stage 3, Tour de Georgia 1st - Stage 4, Tour de Georgia 2nd - Stage 2, Tour de Georgia 2nd - Stage 5, Tour de Georgia 9th - Stage 2, Tour de France 9th - Stage 5, Tour de France 18th - UCI Road World Championships 2002 2nd - Milan-San Remo 2nd - Gent-Wevelgem 3rd - Stage 1, Tour of Switzerland 2001 USPRO National Champion, Road Race 3rd Overall- Tour de Luxembourg 1st - Stage 1, Tour de Luxembourg 3rd - GP Pino Cerami 4th - GP Schoten 2000 USPRO National Champion U.S. Olympic Mens Road Cycling Team Member 1st - First Union Classic 2nd Overall- International Niedersachen Rundfarht 3rd - UNIQA Classic, AUT 3rd - First Union Invitational 1st - Stage 1, Tour of Switzerland | |||
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