The third stage leads cyclists from Strasbourg to Basel. You leave Strasbourg to go south along a cycle track laid along the river Ill, which flows through the Alsatian capital. The trail then follows the Bruche canal, which was built by Vauban to transport the pink sandstone of the Vosges for the construction of the fortifications of Strasbourg. It comes out at Molsheim on the Alsatian Wine Road cycle trail. The Wine Route is a capricious serpentine which curves around the eastern slopes of the Vosges Mountains, peacefully winding round the vineyard through a hundred wine producing villages. This section offers the most beautiful views in Alsace. Finally, the route passes through the city of Mulhouse before reaching Switzerland in Basel
