Despite Chaos, Tour de France Remains Larger Than Life | Chasing The Pros

In the Tour's opening week, great champions rose above the crashes and carnage with emotionally charged victories, reminding the world what this race means.

Join Gregor Brown In Brittany for a behind the scenes look at the opening four stages of the 2021 Tour de France.

Gregor recounts the emotions at the finish line as Julian Alaphilippe won the opening stage as a new father, a year after his own father's passing.

Mathieu Van Der Poel then went on to accomplish what his grandfather never managed to do, pull on the yellow jersey.

In one of the most spectacular sporting comebacks, Mark Cavendish sprung back to life on stage four to win his 31st stage of the Tour de France, a feat nobody thought he would manage.

Despite the drama of the opening days, seeing some of the biggest names in the sport of cycling breaking down in tears reminds us all what the Tour de France is.