Chris Impe co-edits the intelligence and is glued to this year's Tour de France. Tom Piggcock has been described as the most exciting cyclist in the world. His descent of the colder Galla B.A. during last year's Tour was both exhilarating and terrifying. Gino Mader, who was riding in his home event, died after falling on a turn while he was going down an Alpine descent. The organisers have brought in new safety measures including 30-metre-long mattresses for turns.
The carmaker, which reports results today, is still celebrating impressive growth and its boss has even bigger plans for it. But with the threat of fast-scaling competitors in the EV market, is the company losing its disruptive edge? Our data correspondent’s novel approach to counting Russian casualties in Ukraine (09:39). And, a nail-biting, ever riskier Tour de France nears its end (15:26).
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