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The Area residents decorated up old bikes and put them out around town as a greeting to people attending this year's bike tour through the community. Hundreds of bicyclists will roll into Hartington this week as the city hosts the start and finish of the 38th annual Tour de Nebraska. The five-day bicycle tour began June 23, with riders arriving in Hartington for an opening-night gathering and overnight stay at the Cedar County Fairgrounds. Tour de Nebraska riders will leave Hartington Wednesday morning, June 24, on a 50-mile route to Vermillion, S.D. The first day’s route includes stops in Bow Valley, St. Helena, Wynot and Maskell. The tour will include overnight stops in Vermillion and Crofton before riders make the 33-mile return trip from Crofton to Hartington on Sunday, June 28. The final day’s route includes stops at Nissen Winery and Burbach’s Countryside Dairy.
