55 km Strade Bianche "Peel en Hei" 2021

Last update: Sunday, 12 September 2021 17:25

Via main roads with cycle path you leave from Heusden (near Asten) towards Asten and the Zuid-Willemsvaart. Then you follow the canal on a gravel road to Lierop. Then you go on paved roads to Lierop and to the hamlet of Moorsel. Just before the hamlet of Moorsel you change back to unpaved cycle paths across the Strabrechtse Heide and you pass many fens (typical for this area). Eventually you arrive at the concrete cycle path along the Provincial road Heeze - Someren.

After a few kilometers you go into the woods towards Sterksel on partly unpaved roads, and later towards nature reserve de Vroolijke Jager. Via unpaved roads and cycle paths you cycle along the Vroolijke Jager. Then you cycle on asphalted roads to camping de Somerweij. Via nature reserve het Keelven (Somerensche Heide) you cycle around the Keelveen, partly unpaved, partly paved. You pass forest café De Soete Inval Vennenhorst. Very briefly you follow the concrete cycle path along the road Heeze - Someren and then dive back into the Strabrechtse Heide on unpaved cycle paths. You cycle along the largest fen in the Netherlands (the Beuven).

After leaving the heath you go through forest area, partly unpaved and you go towards the Zuid-Willemsvaart. Near Someren you cross some busy roads and cross the viaduct over the canal. Then follows a few kilometers of gravel road along the eastern bank of the canal. Via the hamlet of Behelp you enter Heusden again.

The proportion of unpaved roads is 50% of the total distance (which, incidentally, amounts to 56 kilometers), divided over 14 strips varying in length from 300 meters to 5 kilometers.