Iowa’s RAGBRAI Turns 51, Announces 2024 Southern Route
Get ready to check another box on your New Year's Resolution list, or maybe your life-long bucket list. This July RAGBRAI celebrates it's 51st season.
Over the weekend organizers of the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa revealed the 2024 route. According to the Des Moines Register, the trek this year will have the most elevation gain in the ride’s 51 years as it makes its way across southern Iowa.
WHAT CITIES WILL I SEE
For those of you who are veterans of RAGBRAI, past races have started in northwest Iowa and ending in Davenport or points north. See the map below for the July 20-27 race:
Day-1: Glenwood to Red Oak
Day-2: Red Oak to Atlantic
Day-3: Atlantic to Winterset
Day-4: Winterset to Knoxville
Day-5: Knoxville to Ottumwa
Day-6: Ottumwa to Mount Pleasant
Day-7: Mount Pleasant to Burlington
HOW DO I REGISTER
Registration is now open to all who want to participate in RAGBRAI LI. Options include a weeklong rider, day rider, or for a support vehicle.
HOW LONG IS THE ROUTE
This will be the eighth shortest route but hilliest ever RAGBRAI, 424 miles and 18,741 feet of climb.
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