The 2018 RAGBRAI route was announced Saturday night, in Des Moines. The Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) runs July 22nd through the 28th. It begins in Onawa with the traditional dipping of the tires in the Missouri River and concludes in Davenport with the tires dipped in the Mississippi River.

In between, riders will stop overnight in Denison, Jefferson, Ames, Newton, Sigourney and Iowa City.The path includes Highway 30 on parts of the western leg.Full route details will be announced in March.

The Register reports the route is just over 428-miles long and has about 12,576 feet of climb. Officials say it should be fairly easy, compared to past rides. It will be the fourth flattest in RAGBRAI’s 46-year history, and the seventh shortest.

For more: https://ragbrai.com/2018/01/27/ragbrai-2018-route-overnight-towns-have-been-announced/