Stage 2: Palatinate Stage – "Between Defensive Lines (Siegfried, Queich, Ettlingen) and Fortified Towns (Landau, Germersheim)" (169 km)

Between Wissembourg and Ettlingenweier, you follow the main route. Then you ride via Durmersheim and Rheinstetten to Neuburgweier, where you take the ferry across the Rhine to Neuburg am Rhein. You continue towards Berg, then rejoin the Véloroute de la Vallée de la Lauter to return to your starting point in Wissembourg. On this stage, you pass several defensive lines such as the Siegfried Line, Queich Line, and Ettlingen Line, and cycle through the fortified towns of Landau and Germersheim.