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Road bike holidays in the Ore Mountains

Road biking: Saxony / Germany

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Road bike holiday in the Ore Mountains

The name alone sounds like an adventure: Ore Mountains. Here you will find yourself between high-speed asphalt thrills and dusty gravel experiences. The road cycling region in Saxony, which has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2019, surprises with geological and historical highlights along roads with little traffic. The unique cultural landscape on the German-Czech border offers road cyclists a variety of options on a metal platter.

Heart lost to the Ore Mountains

The most famous route for a racing bike holiday in the Ore Mountains covers 290 km, 4,900 m of altitude, 13 tough ramps and 2 countries. It is not for nothing that the Stoneman Miriquidi Road is considered to be extremely challenging and combines centuries of mining tradition with the competitive sports legacy of the mining region. Long before the bikers, miners dominated the cross-border mining region. We don't have to go underground to seek our fortune, but simply head into the 290-kilometre network of trails that stretches right across the Czech Cheb trench and over the Ore Mountain ridge. Or get off the tarmac and onto a dusty gravel adventure. The biker's life is like the miner's life in the old days: hard and demanding. Instead of gold, silver and platinum, however, we are striving for the Stoneman, the BLOCKLINE or the Kammtour.

But it's worth digging a little deeper on a racing bike holiday in the Ore Mountains. The fascinating 150 km mountain border between Germany and the Czech Republic, which stretches from the western border of Saxony to the Elbe, is full of centuries of mining history. And decades of road cycling history. The Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří mining region, which was long considered the centre of mining in Europe, has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2019.

Highlights for your road bike holiday in the Ore Mountains

  • Stoneman Miriquidi Road
    The unique road bike ride on the Ore Mountains' Pultscholle!
  • Guided Stoneman tours
    Experience the legendary Stoneman Miriquidi Road alongside cycling legends Olaf Ludwig and Mario Kummer.
  • Ore Mountains Vogtland ridge tour
    This 170-kilometre summit tour takes you from the internationally renowned winter sports resort of Altenberg in the eastern Erzgebirge to the traditional music town of Klingenthal in Vogtland

Hotels for your road bike holiday

Our bike hotels are your place2be for your road bike holiday. Your hosts know every bend and every climb and will show you the most beautiful routes in the region.

Aue-Bad Schlema / Saxony  (DE)
Aue-Bad Schlema / Saxony  (DE)
Hotel Am Kurhaus ****

Road cycling in the heart of the Ore Mountains

from € 85.00 per person

Road bike tours

Road cycling in the Ore Mountains - experience boundless freedom on endless mountain passes, discover new routes and enjoy breathtaking Alpine panoramas.

Road bike tours
Road bike tours
Alpine passes
Road bike travels
Ore Mountains / Saxony  (DE)
Ore Mountains / Saxony  (DE)
Round trip Bad Schlema - Ore Mountains
Difficulty
Medium
Duration
4:55 hr./hrs.
Distance
102 km
Uphill
870 m
Downhill
870 m
Ore Mountains / Saxony  (DE)
Ore Mountains / Saxony  (DE)
Vogtland Arena Klingenthal
Difficulty
Difficult
Duration
6:37 hr./hrs.
Distance
96.4 km
Uphill
1460 m
Downhill
1460 m
Ore Mountains / Saxony  (DE)
Ore Mountains / Saxony  (DE)
Bad Schlema - Oberwiesenthal
Difficulty
Difficult
Duration
2:50 hr./hrs.
Distance
84.3 km
Uphill
1660 m
Downhill
1660 m
Ore Mountains / Saxony  (DE)
Ore Mountains / Saxony  (DE)
Tour to the steep wall Meerane
Difficulty
Medium
Duration
2:18 hr./hrs.
Distance
81.3 km
Uphill
750 m
Downhill
750 m
Ore Mountains / Saxony  (DE)
Ore Mountains / Saxony  (DE)
Road bike tour to Augustusburg Castle & Scharfenstein Castle
Difficulty
Difficult
Duration
3:27 hr./hrs.
Distance
111 km
Uphill
1790 m
Downhill
1790 m

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Road bike holidays in the Ore Mountains

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Adam Ries-Straße 16
09456 Annaberg-Buchholz | Germany
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