Megan Guarnier, Eduard Prades crowned in Phila. bike race

Philadelphia provided quite an Olympic tune-up for Megan Guarnier. Competing for the Boels Dolmans Cycling Team, Guarnier won the women's title Sunday in the 32nd annual Philadelphia International Cycling Classic on a day when huge crowds cheered on the future Olympian.

Guarnier's winning time of 2 hours, 59 minutes and 22 seconds for the 73.8-mile race bested Italian Elisa Longo Borghini (2:59:25). The women completed six laps at 12.3 miles each.

In the men's race, Eduard Prades of Spain won a thriller.

Guarnier, 31, who resides in California, had qualified for this summer's Olympic in Rio long ago.

"It's been a good year and the team is amazing and every day they bolster me to a new level," said Guarnier, who earned the first prize of $6,800.

A member of Boels Dolmans Cycling won the individual title in Philadelphia for the fourth straight year. Last year's champion was Lizzie Armitstead, who did not compete on Sunday.

This was a UCI Women's World Tour event and Guarnier remains the current tour leader.

After nearly four hours of cycling, the end of the men's race, which was staged first, came down to a sprint.

Making a late charge, Prades nipped American Travis McCabe by one second to win the men's title.

His winning time of 3:57:37 beat McCabe (3:57:38) to win the first prize of $6,800. (All the men's and women's prize money was equal.)

The men raced nine laps, totaling 110.7 miles.

McCabe estimated that he had the lead until fewer than 100 meters left and then Prades took over.

"It is an unbelievable feeling when you realize you still have enough strength to pass him at that point," Prades said through an interpreter. "And then you start hearing the cheering and at that moment you know victory is here."

McCabe, who won $3,500 for second place, said he made his last charge a little too early.

"He had that extra 2 percent to hold me off," said McCabe, of Holowesko/Citadel P/B Hincapie Sportswear team.

The Caja Rural-Seguros RGA team won the race for the second straight year. Last year, Carlos Barbero won in Philadelphia.

Prades, who raced in Philadelphia for the first time last year, played to the crowd when the announcer asked him about his favorite city.

"This is the best city in the United States," he said.

As for the other prizes, Mara Abbott, a Colorado resident competing for Wiggle High5, cleaned up by winning the Queen of the Mountain, worth $5,000 and the women's sprint title ($2,500).

Queen (and King) of the Mountain is awarded to the competitors who accumulated the most points for going up the Manayunk Wall and Lemon Hill. The sprint title is for top times in the sprint zone on Kelly Drive.

Chanella Stougje of the Netherlands won best young rider for top finisher under 23. She finished 17th overall (2:59:55).

On the men's side, Robbie Squire, McCabe's teammate, won King of the Mountain.

"It's absolutely brutal," he said about the Manayunk Wall. "There are two turns in it, which is relatively straight, but those two turns, you can't see the top of the hill until you are there and so it keeps going forever and ever and doesn't really relent."

Matthieu Jeannes of France and the Lupus Racing Team won the prize for best sprinter.

Benjamin Perry of Canada and Silber Pro Cycling won best young rider. He finished seventh overall in 3:54:47.