Sean Christian of Tucson and Anna Hicks of California win El Tour of Tucson on Saturday

Christian, a Tucsonian, completed the 102-mile course with an unofficial “chip time” of 3 hours, 49 minutes, 1.2 seconds. Gilbert’s Damiano Cunego was 1.2 seconds behind Christian, and Cormac McGeough of Ireland was third at 3:53:02.7.

Christian averaged 26.5 mph on his bike.

Hicks, a native of San Luis Obispo on California’s Central Coast, was the top-scoring woman at 3:54:0.93. She narrowly beat Ann Arbor, Mich. Jacqueline Larouche (3:54:10.1) and Bozeman, Montana Cecily Decker (3:54:12.3).

El Tour victory caps a successful year for 20-year-old Christian. He finished 28th in the United States National Road Race Championship; he finished fourth among 23-and-under cyclists.

Hicks finished third at the Bariani Road Race in March.

Between 7,500 and 8,000 riders, including at least one from each state, were expected to participate in El Tour.

Riders competed in three distances and three “fun rides”. The 102-mile route – organizers call it “The Century” – is the most popular of the routes. Nearly 40% of all runners had signed up for the longest distance. Almost as many – 34% – had signed up for the 63-mile “Metric Century” route and 19% had signed up for the 32-mile “Metric Half-Century” route. About 7% of registrations are for the “Fun Ride,” one of the unique El Tour day events. Many fun-riders are children; they can choose between distances of 10 miles, 5 miles or 1 mile.

This story will be updated.