Mumbai: In a first for the nascent sport of ultra or very long distance cycling in the country, two doctors from Nashik--Hitendra Mahajan and his younger brother Mahendra--today completed the 4,800-km Race Across America (RAAM), which is considered as world's toughest cycle race.

The Mahajan brothers, aged 44 and 39, crossed the finish line at Annapolis, Maryland on the Atlantic Coast, 8 days, 14 hours and 55 minutes after being flagged off from Oceanside, California on the US West Coast, according to the official website of the RAAM.