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RAGBRAI, short for Register 's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, is a non-competitive bicycle tour across the U.S. state of Iowa from the western to eastern border. [1] First held in 1973, RAGBRAI is the largest bike-touring event in the world. [2] The 50th ride, RAGBRAI L, took place from July 23-29, 2023, and retraced much of the first ...
Two cities have served as the starting point 8 times: Sioux City (1973, 1978, 1988, 1993, 2001, 2010, 2015, 2023) and Glenwood (1980, 1984, 1989, 1992, 2003, 2011, 2016, 2024). In 2019, Burlington became the first community to have been both a finish point as well as an overnight host that was not a finish.
Philip Joens is riding his 18th RAGBRAI. He has completed the river-to-river trek six times. He covers retail, real estate and RAGBRAI for the Des Moines Register and can be reached at 515-284 ...
The 2011 convention occurred during the RAGBRAI bicycle ride. [8] Cassandra Hodges was scheduled to attend the 2011 convention, but died on June 27, 2011. [10] Iowa River Landing was used by both the RAGBRAI bicycle ride and AnimeIowa in 2015. [11] [12] AnimeIowa 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The RAGBRAI route will be announced in January, but riders can register beginning Nov. 15 for the cross-Iowa bike tour
Philip Joens has ridden RAGBRAI 18 times and completed the river-to-river trek seven times. He covers retail, real estate and RAGBRAI for the Des Moines Register. He can be reached at 515-284-8184 ...
[6] [10] [11] [12] Although RAGBRAI director Matt Phippen planned more than 100,000 riders on the 50-mile (80 km) route on Wednesday July 26, 2023, from Ames to Des Moines to break RAGBRAI’s single-day attendance record of 40,000, who rode the 39.9-mile (64.2 km) route from Winterset to Indianola on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, he wanted to also ...
LEWIS — Victoria Boyd was at the bottom of a steep hill in Lewis, a pass-through town on Day 2 of RAGBRAI, when she had to make a decision: Keep going to the town, population 361, and join the ...