He is the new world champion, a young man dedicated to his work, with the world at his feet, but ready to abandon everything for the sake of his family. Having dreamt of becoming a racing cyclist since childhood, he gradually rises to become a racing cyclist of world class. His encounter with young love while still a student confronts him with a difficult moral choice. As a young man with prospects in competitive sport, he treats the problem as another stage, albeit challenging, but just another stage in the race that goes under the name of Life.
Stages, races, victories, defeats - his early life is played out on the pages of this story. Entering his world we can "try on for size" the hard fate of a professional racing cyclist who, sacrificing his strength and his youth, like most of us, strives to make his dream come true.