Roll out of Hösseringen for a 99.5 km loop that stays paved the whole way, with 306 m of climbing along the route. Soon you're riding through Heiden und Magerrasen in der Südheide, a nature reserve, before the Tal der kleinen Örtze nature reserve opens up beside you. The Tal der Kleinen Örtze nature reserve follows, then it's on through the Arendorfer Moor nature reserve. Back to Hösseringen you roll.