That's confusing news reporting as the title of the article says:

LeMond will ride on RAGBRAI XXXI

Let's see what the article says....

It says he is appearing the day before the ride begins at the Expo on behalf of a sock company. The article doesn't actually say he is going to ride in the event.

So which is it? Is he riding the event on behalf of the sock company, or just appearing the day before at the expo before he hops a plane to go hang out at the Tour de France with other legends?

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