Pre-ride marks RAGBRAI's pending return after COVID-19 cancellation
CHEROKEE — Foreshadowing a moment anticipated for nearly two years, about 30 riders in pedaled toward the morning sun, departing Le Mars in far northwest Iowa on Sunday for the first leg in a weeklong ride. Twenty-three months after the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa last set off on its cross-state trek, it was the start of the annual RAGBRAI pre-ride, a journey that gives the organizers the chance to inspect the route up-close and meet with representatives of the towns through which it will pass. Just seven weeks from now, 12,000 riders are expected to follow in the...
Source: desmoinesregister.com