DES MOINES --- The world's oldest, largest and longest bicycle tour will cross central Iowa this summer.

On Saturday night, officials with the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa announced the route for 2011.

Host communities for RAGBRAI 2011 will be Glenwood, Atlantic, Carroll, Boone, Altoona, Grinnell, Coralville and Davenport.

Race officials, bicyclists and communities lobbying for the great race to pass through gathered in downtown Des Moines on Saturday night for the RAGBRAI Route Announcement Party. Iowa Events Center hosted the event.

RAGBRAI also announced the results in a live video at ragbrai.com.

RAGBRAI, a seven-day, west-to-east ride across Iowa, is in its 39th year. The 2011 route is the 14th shortest and the 24th flattest, according to the Des Moines Register.

The 2011 RAGBRAI is slated for July 24-30.

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