The Importance of Risk in Cycling

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Cardiac arrest and heart attacks have ended the lives of cyclists throughout sports history. Climate change is only going to mean ever more grueling days in the saddle. Track and car designs have meant there's been just one death in Formula 1 this century. Road surfaces are being improved on sections of this year's Tour de France. And those who have second thoughts about taking risks will be taken advantage of by those who can put those thoughts to one side.

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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