Roll out from Parkeerplaats Rückhaltebecken Stöhna and let the Weiße Elster river set the tone. Half the 55.8 km runs paved, half unpaved, so the ride keeps shifting under your wheels. You pass through Pfarrholz Groitzsch nature reserve, by Wiprechtsburg castle, then along the Schnauder river. The loop closes back at the Rückhaltebecken Stöhna nature reserve, with 297 m of climbing in your legs.