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sweet plan, that's really the full Vosges climbing edition.
i don't know the south too much, but zooming on the first part, you're doing the cycle path from strabsourg to St-Odile, which is great ( though at km27.3 you are going up a one way road which will irk cars and campervans, you should turn left and go around... just a detail as it's not a long stretch ). km36.4 I wouldn't turn right as you are missing the Champ du feu summit. IMO there isn't a point in going down in the Valley, the stretch between Rothau and Fouday is a busy A/B road, no point in that. I would go to the Chamo du Feu tower, turn around for a few hundred meters, go down to Belmont, go up again the way you intended ( km 52.3). at km 54.4, turn right instead of straight and head west towards la Salcée ( cordial/yogurt making place that offers cordial on tap ) then uturn right south towards le Climont, nice little road, then there is local downhill longboarding road that takes you back to Fouchy, and you're on your road again to Col de Fouchy.
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Thanks! The drop down into the valley is actually so I can visit Struthof on the way. I appreciate it's a strange visit to include on a fun trip but I've meant to go on a number of times when I've been in the area but there hasn't been time. I could just turn around and go back up after the drop down, but assumed I'd like new road not the same bit of road twice... will definitely reconsider now.
Generally mostly done the southern end (Lac Blanc from bikepark southwards) so thanks for the tips. Map updated.
atz
I'm riding from Strasbourg to either Besancon or Dijon (depends if I can be arsed with an extra 150km of flattish riding) through the Vosges mountains at the start of summer. A mate lives on the edge of the mountains and is going to help me with the route so am happy to share. It's a meandering route but mostly because I want to tick off some more of the stuff I've seen but never ridden there and some places I'd meant to visit but never had managed to. Here's the route I have and it'll get updated as I work it out.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41725336
From the end of the Vosges, depending on whether you have good weather (i.e. no snow) and the urge you could either flatland it down the Saone/Rhone valleys or go through Switzerland over the Gotthard pass into Italy.
I'd agree a bit with what @Glws said; Paris to Dijon isn't super inspiring. The bike route is about 550-600km I guess, with about 2000m of climbing so it might feel a bit much of a muchness. That said, there's worse places to ride and you'll move quite fast.