Dennis Flanery was on stage at the RAGBRAI LIII Route Announcement Party at Vibrant Music Hall in Waukee on Jan. 24, helping to announce Guthrie Center as the Day 2 overnight stay community.
Special to the Times Vedette
Guthrie Center was officially named a RAGBRAI LIII overnight stay town at the RAGBRAI LIII Route Announcement Party at Vibrant Music Hall in Waukee on Jan. 24.
RAGBRAI, The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, is an annual seven-day bicycle ride across the state. This year’s ride will be July 18-25. Guthrie Center was named the Day 2 (Monday, July 20) overnight community. Other overnight communities named include Onawa, Harlan, Boone, Marshalltown, Independence, Dyersville and Dubuque.
Co-organizers for the event in Guthrie Center are Mike Underwood and Dennis Flanery.
“We are excited about the opportunity to showcase our community,” Flanery said, noting how they are planning to use multiple locations across town to accommodate the crowd.
Flanery said much of the details will be worked out in weeks ahead with 18 committees to be formed to assist with the planning. Those interested in helping can contact Flanery at 641-332-3879.
This will be the shortest route in RAGBRAI’s history and the 10th hilliest, covering 391.4 miles and 16,027 feet of climb.
RAGBRAI is the oldest, largest and longest recreational bicycle touring event in the world. It attracts participants from all 50 states and many foreign countries and has covered thousands of miles through the years with hundreds of thousands of riders.
A video of the route announcement party can be viewed at https://ragbrai.com/ragbrai-liii-route-revealed/.
