Roll out of Mardorf and the Totes Moor nature reserve opens the ride, before the Steinhuder Meer spreads out ahead. Onward past the Meerbruchswiesen nature reserve and along the Steinhuder Meerbach river, with 71% of the route unpaved and 180 m of climbing along the way. Back to Mardorf it is, 57.0 km later.