He's lost his wife, his family, his hope, but now he's going to win them back!

Like millions of others worldwide, 40-year-old Franois Nouel is a Tour de France fan. Unbeatable on anything to do with the race, he spends as much time as he can on his bike, to escape from a disappointing everyday existence. At work, he's restricted to bicycle displays. And things at home are no better: his son thinks hes a loser and his wife berates him for being a coward. So when his wife discovers on the eve of his holidays that hes been volunteered to work on the Tour, its too much: she tells him she wants a divorce and leaves with his son. Then he meets Rmi Pletinckx, a depressive former sports manager whos also at the end of his rope. Under Pletinckxs influence, Francois makes up his mind to live his childhood dream: to do the Tour de France. The race begins tomorrow. If he leaves now, one day ahead of the pros, he could even get to Paris before them.