Summer1998-theopeningstagesofLeTourdeFrancearerelocatedtoIreland.BelgianriderDomChabol(late30s)hasbeenoneofthebest"Domestiques"(supportriders)ontheTourforthelast20years.It'sasacrificialrole-settingpace,blockingwind,andprovidingsupporttoenabletheteam'ssprintertovictory-winningisnotanoption.ButDomsecretlyharboursadesiretoweartheyellowjersey-justoncebeforehiscareerisover.AtthestartofwhatwilllikelybehislastTour,DomisunceremoniouslydroppedfromtheTeamhehasdedicatedhislifeto.HisbestmateSonny,theteammasseur,failstoreassurehimabouthisfuture.ButachanceliaisonwithLynn,ayoungIrishdoctor,softenstheblow,andDomstartstoaccept-andevenenjoy-theideaofcivilianlife.Butashegearsuptogohomeandtofacehisestrangedsister,amassivedopingerrorknocksanotherteammateofftheTourandDomisthrownbackinthesaddle.