It's official: RAGBRAI route to end in LeClaire

By Kurt Allemeier | Thursday, January 24, 2008

Hey RAGBRAI, welcome back to Scott County.

The 2008 route for the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa will end July 26 in LeClaire, where riders will dip their bike tires in the Mississippi as the traditional completion of the ride. The route also includes Tipton as an overnight stop before riders roll into LeClaire, the ride’s organizers announced today.

RAGBRAI last ended in Scott County in Davenport in 1982.

The Quad-Cities Convention and Tourism Bureau sought a resolution from Scott County in support of seeking LeClaire as the endpoint. RAGBRAI’s executive director visited LeClaire last summer during Tugfest to see how the river town handles a large influx of visitors.

The 417-mile route will begin in Missouri Valley, with overnight stops in Harlan, Jefferson, Ames, Tama-Toledo, North Liberty and Tipton. The exact route and pass-through towns will be announced later.