Road To L'Etape Du Tour

Mark, a former professional cyclist, receives a letter from an unknown sender—an invitation to L'Etape du Tour, the amateur version of a legendary mountain stage of the Tour de France. At forty-five, with a damaged knee and a crumbling marriage, he decides to accept the challenge. Training in the rain outside London, late-night conversations with a wife who doesn't understand his obsession, and painful memories of a career cut short twenty years ago. The 2026 drama is less a sports story and more an exploration of male midlife crisis, where the bicycle becomes a metaphor for escaping reality. Mark tries to prove to himself he's still capable of a feat, even if the world sees him as an eccentric. The road to the Alps turns into a journey into his own past.