Fred Rodriguez Home Quotations

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.

I talked to the directors and you know, myself and Robbie have had a pretty off and on spring -- a lot of sickness and injuries. Robbie crashed bad right before the classics started. He thought he would be back on form by now, but he was fighting a lot of discomforts, and right when he started getting better he got sick -- probably due to the stress trying to come back from an injury. He has had a pretty off spring for him, so he just wanted to stay home and rebuild. Coming here was going to be traveling, and the race is really an unknown to him.