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I think it depends upon how much stopping and trips away from the canals you want to do. The canals while pretty in and of themselves, IMHO do tend to get a bit monotonous (excluding the lovely lock-keepers cottages) after the initial high of having the place to yourself/selves. As MisterMikkel said, 50-70km a day should be easily doable given how flat the canals are. I would have thought 70-120km as a descent stretch goal given how flat it'll be and no stopping for route finding required.
My advice would be to assume 50-70 the first few days and then when you get a feel for it on the ground, you can adjust the distance upwards if you are arriving too early...
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Question for the hive mind on distances. I've not done any touring before and I'm looking at a multi-day ride along canals in France. Most of the itineraries I've seen are clearly aimed at bike hire / non-cyclists -i.e.: 21 km a day. They are great for planning stopping points but otherwise useless.
For a flat terrain and sedate pace what should I plan for each leg? ~50km a day? 70km? I don't want to undershoot and end up arriving at booked accommodation at 2pm everyday. Equally, I don't want to skip past stuff because I have too much distance to travel. Thoughts?