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Terra Nova Speedway – View from Glessener Höhe loop from Frechen-Königsdorf

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Frechen

Terra Nova Speedway – View from Glessener Höhe loop from Frechen-Königsdorf

Hard

4.5

(2)

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Terra Nova Speedway – View from Glessener Höhe loop from Frechen-Königsdorf

03:33

53.2km

580m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 24, 2026

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Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 100 m for 7 m

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Start point

Train Station

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23.2 km

Terra Nova Speedway

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Start of the speedway. From here, grip under and let your legs smoke.

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23.8 km

Terra Nova Speedway: View of Niederaußem Power Plant

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On the glorious speedway, which offers perfect road bike asphalt, you have a beautiful view of the vastness and the power plant Niederaussem.

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24.7 km

Alte Bandstraße in Naturpark Rheinland

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Fantastic to drive

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25.0 km

Terra Nova Speedway

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Really great route, a total of 14 km long and the old long-distance belt route (no spelling mistake) that connects the various mining areas.

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32.4 km

Summit Cross Bethlehemer Höhe

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Short crisp ascent followed by a rest area at the cross

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40.8 km

View from Glessener Höhe

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From here you have a great view of the valley.

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42.3 km

View from Glessener Höhe

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Between 1955 and 1970, the Glessener Höhe was heaped up as an external landfill from the masses of the opencast mines north of the forest. On its recultivated slope edge, …

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48.7 km

Heidenburg ramp on the Via Belgica

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If you want to climb Monte Glessano, you have to go up there

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53.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

43.4 km

7.24 km

1.64 km

480 m

424 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

20.8 km

18.1 km

10.8 km

1.80 km

1.54 km

211 m

Elevation

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Terra Nova Speedway – View from Glessener Höhe loop from Frechen-Königsdorf

Terra Nova Speedway

Terra Nova Speedway: View of Niederaußem Power Plant

Alte Bandstraße in Naturpark Rheinland

Terra Nova Speedway

Summit Cross Bethlehemer Höhe

View from Glessener Höhe

View from Glessener Höhe

Heidenburg ramp on the Via Belgica

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