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Pic du jour: Cyclists ride for Alex Pretti

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Hundreds of people on bicycles ride through an intersection with a 26th Street sign above them and brick building in the background. — Cyclists bike down Nicollet Avenue on a group ride to honor Alex Pretti on Saturday. Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

Cyclists bike down Nicollet Avenue on a group ride to honor Alex Pretti on Saturday. Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

Thousands of bicyclists on Saturday pedaled past the site where Alex Pretti was shot as part of an 8.3-mile ride.

The ride, which honored the former VA ICU nurse who was shot by federal agents on Jan. 24, was organized by Angry Catfish bike shop, where Pretti was a regular.

Organizer Jarrod Alder told MPR News that 250 similar rides took place in 14 countries, including this one in San Francisco:

People riding bicycles on a street with a clock tower in the background. One rider is wearing a University of Minnesota shirt and another has a sign that says "no one is illegal on stolen land" — Riders in San Francisco. Photo: Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

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Pic du jour: Cyclists ride for Alex Pretti

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