Can anyone recommend a good map for road biking in France, especially in vicinity (~100km) of Geneva? I’m trying to find something similar to the map you can pickup in Geneva that gives recommendations on which roads are good for cycling. I keep crossing the border and getting stuck on roads with no shoulder and too much traffic even though they looked like they were going to be good based on Google Maps, online sources, etc…

My initial searches seem to point to the various maps put out by IGN. But looks like there are lots of different versions and not sure which would be best? And really would like to try to find one targeted somewhat at cyclists.

Would prefer the paper format map but I guess could go with online source if good quality/completeness of coverage.

Many thanks if you have any recommendations.

I have a couple of maps from IGN. They are 1:100,000 and have an image of a bicycle on the front, the one for around Geneva would be 045, see here. It doesn't have any special markings for which roads they recommend for cyclists, but they do designate wider and narrower roads by using wider or narrower lines on the map.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the maps with roads colored according to cycling suitability (like the ones offered by Kummerly+Frey) for two reasons: 1. The scale is too small, 1:60,000 means that I'm forever having to stop to refold the map (I use 1:100,000 whenever possible). 2. Having the roads colored for cycling desirability makes it difficult to read the map normally, i.e., trying to find out which roads are more/less major based on the normal colors. I therefore find the IGN ones in France to be pretty good,

The only criticism of the IGN 1:100,000 maps that I have is that their way of showing contours by using lines and shading is not as nice as the method used by SwissTopo; for Switzerland, I like to use the 1:100,000 composite maps from SwissTopo (see here).

Enjoy the riding!

A bit late in the year for cycling, but after winter summer will return!

I am not a cyclist, but like Chris find the 1:100,000 composite maps extremely useful for an overview.

I wonder whether map 108, which covers quite a bit of France south of the Leman, as well as a smaller area further west, would fit the bill.