California, 2013. After months of intensive preparations the German team 4 athletes starts at the west coast of the USA to run the longest and hardest bicycle race of the world, the race across America. One single stage of 3,000 miles leads across 12 federal states, 4 time zones and over 33,000 meters of altitude. For this huge adventure, the four triathletes have set themselves a time limit. They want to reach Annapolis on the east coast in six days. Everything has been planned perfectly. But when an English team of four riders takes the lead, everything changes. The movie 'Away' tells the story about the longest and hardest fight between two teams of cyclists ever in the history of this race.