Tour de France 2007 XV

Tonight we have Stage 14 ( Mazamet to Plateau-de-Beille ) covering a distance of 197 km. Into the Pyrenees we go.

Climbs:
Km 9: Côte de Saint-Sarraille: 9.0 km climb @ 5.3 % grade : 2nd Cat.
Km 146.5: Port de Pailhères: 16.8 km climb @ 7.2 % : HC
Km 197: Plateau de Beille: 15.9 km climb @ 7.9 % : HC

Coming the day after the tough stage 13 time trial, and with two steep hors catégorie climbs in the final 65 kilometres, stage 14 will definitively separate the pretenders from the contenders for the win in the 2007 Tour de France. [Cycling News]

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15:57 CEST
Wow…Vinokourov crosses the summit 8’17 behind the leaders. They were in turn 2’54 up on the yellow jersey group, so Vino has lost 5’23 to Rasmussen and the other contenders. [Cycling News]

16:59 – Evans Cracks…
This appears to be the decisive move. Contador has been caught by Rasmussen and Evans has cracked. The Australian is now with Sastre and Soler while Rasmussen dances ahead. [www.letour.fr]

Stage 14 – Interview – Alberto CONTADOR (Tour de France YouTube Channel)

[1] Stage 14 Photos [Graham Watson]
[2] Stage 14 on the road [TDF Blog]
[3] Stage 14 Race Summary [Steephill.tv]
[4] Stage Details Stage 14 – Sunday, July 22: Mazamet – Plateau-de-Beille, 197km [Cycling News]
[5] Results Stage 14 – Sunday, July 22: Mazamet – Plateau-de-Beille, 197km [Cycling News]
[6] STAGE 14 – SHAKE UP IN THE PYRENEES [The Tour de France for the Rest of Us]
[7] Stage 14 Report [BBC]
[8] Stage 14 Link Roundup [Spare Cycles]
[9] Stage 14: Mazamet to Plateau-de-Beille [Tour de France Lanterne Rouge]

deadly hallows – the search continues ;)

As most people would be away the 7th and last Harry Potter book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was released at 1 minute past midnight yesterday (21st Jul 2007) … so how is it trending on the web?

Wow! about 16% of the Hot Trends have a Potter focus;

Google Trends – Jul 21, 2007

7. how does harry potter end (Hotness: Medium)

13. did harry potter die (Hotness: Medium)

21. winky wright (Hotness: Medium) {searches for Winky are clustered in here}

29. harry potter and the deathly hallows summary (Hotness: Mild)

34. who died in the last harry potter book (Hotness: Mild)

40. who dies in deathly hallows (Hotness: Mild)

53. horcruxes (Hotness: Mild)

55. potter spoiler (Hotness: Mild)

63. fred weasley (Hotness: Mild)

73. stanley shunpike (Hotness: Mild)

74. squib (Hotness: Mild)

88. half blood prince summary (Hotness: Mild)

89. harry potter message board (Hotness: Mild)

92. secret order kids (Hotness: Mild)

98. harry potter cliff notes (Hotness: Mild)

99. mundungus fletcher (Hotness: Mild)

Based on the data from Google Trends

0600 Hours (PDT): did harry potter die, who dies in deathly hallows, harry potter message board, severus snape

People who haven’t got a copy of the book are trying to get the good oil about what’s happening in the book. “Does Harry die? .. if he does I’m not buying a copy” type questions.

0700 Hours: How does harry potter end?, potter spoiler

Spoiler alert! If I know the answers I can make it seem like I’ve read the book.

0800 Hours: harry potter and the deathly hallows summary, half blood prince summary

0900 Hours: who died in the last harry potter book

1100 Hours: horcruxes

Now we seem to have the core of the search popping up, people have answers but need them defined

1200 Hours: fred weasley, squib, secret order kids, harry potter cliff notes

cliff notes? It seems we have a few readers that don’t know the background and need a quick revision. Perhaps this is due to reviewers who are only jumping in at book 7?

1300 Hours: stanley shunpike

Huh?

1400 Hours: mundungus fletcher

1900 Hours: deathly hallows discussion

I’ve read it – let’s discuss it?

2000 Hours: harry potter discussion

2100 Hours: harry potter and the deathly hallows discussion

What do you think?

Of course you can always skip the book and go straight to the Wiki

[1] What is the right age to be Pottering about? (2007-Jul-22) [The Age]
[2] Tangled, but a fitting finale (2007-Jul-22) [The Age]
[3] Roll up for the magical mystery (2007-Jul-21) [The Australian]
[4] City spellbound by Harry finale (2007-Jul-22) [The Herald-Sun]