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@Warship
Hi Jim, I cycled to Paris last year and yes you could definitely do it in a day. We stopped and camped for the night about 30 miles before Paris and only didn't carry on because we didn't want to camp in Paris itself.
We rode to Newhaven which was pretty shitty, and the ferries are funny times. We ended up drinking pints of guiness in a scary pub before the ferry, and I got so pissed I lost my keys and eventually found them tangled in my spokes just minutes before the ferry.
You could get the train to Newhaven, I think the ferry is at 1am. Gets you there for 6am so you get an early start. I think it was 119miles from Dieppe and fairly flat, can't remember exact route, my friend was in charge (i think he got it from bikely.com).
Something I would advise you to avoid is a cycle path along a railway for the start of the France leg of the journey. It was really flat which was great at first but it became really boring and I just remember longing for a hill or something to look at.
Good luck and enjoy. Riding in France is wicked.