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Sean Christian, Anna Hicks win Saturday’s El Tour de Tucson

Sean Christian and Anna Hicks are the men’s and women’s winners of El Tour de Tucson, held Saturday morning in Tucson, Sahuarita and other communities.

Both riders finished the 102-mile route in less than four hours. Official times are still being calculated.

The El Tour win caps a successful year for Christian, 20. He finished 28th in the United States national championship of road racing; he was fourth among cyclists age 23 and under.

Hicks finished third at the Bariani Road Race in March.

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

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

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Watch now: Tucson kicked off the Banner-University Medicine 39th El Tour de Tucson with the start of the 102-mile race downtown on Saturday, Nov. 19. This year’s event, which is the region’s largest cycling event, features more than 7,600 participants, including riders from all 50 states and 10 countries. Video by Pascal Albright /Arizona Daily Star

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