In my experience for what it's worth, this is a great bikers' hotel. In the high Vosges mountains.
HOTEL RESTAURANT - COL DE BUSSANG
In a very scenic area, nice roads.
A reasonably easy 1-day from Calais, particularly if you use the motorways (and pay the tolls).
Mark and Ida are a very entertaining biking couple and will tell you excellent routes for exploring.
If you have any interest in World War history, there's that as well, the hotel used to be the customs house on the German side of the France-Germany border until 1919.
As Pongo says above, going all the way to Geneva could use a lot of your 5 days. This might be a shorter but better ride.
Cheers
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