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Cycling through the Michelsberg vineyards opposite Piesport (Stage 11)

Beyond this point, where Vosges ends and you enter Meurthe et Moselle département, very little progress has been made building the véloroute. It is possible to continue (Stage 4) on rough gravel and dirt tracks along the towpath, and this guide does so wherever practical, but some sections on road are necessary where the towpath is impassable. After Méréville, things improve when the route joins the Boucles de la Moselle, a circular véloroute from Nancy via Neuves-Maisons to Toul and back via Frouard along various canal and river towpaths (this is followed in its entirety by using Stages 4A and 5A). Continuing north from Nancy (Stage 5), once the Boucles is left behind beyond Frouard, the surface deteriorates and it is again necessary to use sections of road until Novéant, where Moselle département is reached.

Once in Moselle, things change permanently for the better. A more or less complete cycle path (Stages 6–8), built to national standards and completed in 2012, runs from Novéant past Metz and through Thionville all the way to the German border at Schengen. Waymarked as Véloroute Charles-le-Téméraire, this mostly follows the river or canal banks, although there are sections away from the river circumnavigating riverside lagoons and industrial developments.