Roll out of Arnstadt and follow the Gera river before the ruins of Schlossruine Neideck and the Neues Palais come into view. The route then slips through Naturpark Thüringer Wald and past Burg Schwarzwald, with 675 m of climbing along the way. Ohra and Apfelstädt rivers guide you onward, and Landhaus Studnitz marks the run back to Arnstadt after 68.8 km.