RAGBRAI Coming to Independence, Dyersville & Dubuque

RAGBRAI will be coming to Independence, Dyersville and Dubuque this summer.

The route for the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa was announced on Saturday night. This year’s route will start in Onawa on July 19th, with overnight stops in Harlan, Guthrie Center, Boone, Marshalltown, Independence and Dyersville before wrapping up on July 25th in Dubuque. This year’s RAGBRAI will cover 391 miles, with 16,027 feet of climb – it’s the shortest-ever route and tenth hilliest.

Riders will travel 81 miles from Marshalltown on Thursday, July 23rd before staying in Independence – then travel 42 miles to Dyersville, where they will stay on Friday night, July 24th – and then wrap up the ride by biking 34 miles to Dubuque, where the riders will dip their tires in the Mississippi River on Saturday, July 25th before heading home.

RAGBRAI’s pass-through towns (day stops) for this year will be announced in April.

This is the second year in a row that RAGBRAI will be making its way through eastern Iowa and the KMCH listening area, with pass-through towns last year including Dundee and Edgewood. 

If you’re interested in signing up for this year’s ride, go to ragbrai.com/registration.

image and photo courtesy of RAGBRAI