Hello, and welcome to more or less,

puncturing the overinflated numerical tires of the news peloton.

This week, we'll ask whether 90% of the UK population

will be obese by 2050.

The government would like us to be jolly impressed

that the deficit is down by a quarter.

Is it, and should we be?

And does when we retire have a bearing on when we die?

But first, the Tour de France reaches its climax this week.

Or if you're listening to our Sunday repeat,

it reached its climax this afternoon.

In the background, the US anti-doping agency

charged the retired seven-time winner Lance Armstrong

with using performance-enhancing drugs.

Armstrong denies the allegations,

but Biana Reese has admitted taking performance-enhancing drugs

when he won the Tour in 1996,

and Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour win

after failing a drug test.

But cycling we're told has finally cleaned up its act.

Britain's Bradley Wiggins,

where of the yellow jersey for most of this year's Tour,

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