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North Rhine-Westphalia
Heinsberg
Wegberg

Gustorf Mill – Garzweiler Open-Pit Mine loop from Dalheim

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Road cycling routes
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Heinsberg
Wegberg

Gustorf Mill – Garzweiler Open-Pit Mine loop from Dalheim

Moderate

21

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Gustorf Mill – Garzweiler Open-Pit Mine loop from Dalheim

03:48

87.2km

420m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 11, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Schwalm-Nette

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Train Station

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22.6 km

Tree-Lined Road Between Wanlo and Kuckum

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Beautiful street, hardly any traffic

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28.9 km

Here you can make meters

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38.8 km

Gustorf Mill

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The mill was first mentioned in a document as early as 1335. It was a ban mill for the Archbishops of the Electorate of Cologne.

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43.6 km

Vollrather Höhe – Cols de Cologne

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The spoil dump, located south of Grevenbroich in the Rhenish lignite mining area, is known to many as the "Mont Ventoux of the Rhineland". Its exposed location and the three …

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45.8 km

Collect a few HM times!

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46.5 km

Ascent to Vollrather Höhe from Neuenhausen

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A classic! Mountain category HC in the Rhein-Erft district. No hairpin bend follows the next. But definitely usable for a few crisp training altitude meters. The climb from Neuenhausen is …

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62.1 km

View of the Garzweiler opencast mine.
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagebau_Garzweiler

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62.7 km

Garzweiler Open-Pit Mine

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Lignite mined in Garzweiler is mainly burned in the region's power plants, while transport from Garzweiler to the Frimmersdorf power plant and the Neurath power plant takes place both via …

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87.2 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

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45.4 km

15.1 km

14.4 km

11.4 km

721 m

201 m

Surfaces

71.0 km

15.1 km

599 m

354 m

141 m

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Wednesday 8 July

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