Jeff and his Thor!

A quick sms to buddy Jean Francois Quenet (Jeff @ Jaafar Qonet @ Jeff Ali to Malaysian friends) after watching the finish of Stage Two of the Tour de France last night, got me a simple reply: "Ya, now I'm waiting for him with my microphone."
Jeff had done his part in the upbringing of the Norwegian sprint powerhouse and last night Hushovd stormed past CSC's Fabien Cancellara in the final turn of the screw to take his sixth ever Tour stage win in explosive fashion, ahead of Luxembourger Kim Kirchen of Team Columbia, who'd seen his teammate Gerald Ciolek make it a great day for the former High Road and T-Mobile team, when he took third.
Earlier, it could have been a happier moment, albeit the Tour not racing on Bastille Day, with Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) were joined by Agritubel duo Christophe Moreau and David Lelay in an all-French break that threatened to finish it off. It would have been even more special for Lelay, a native of Brittany, as the finish was in Saint Breuc. But it wasn't to be. Cancellara attacked just as the last of the quartet, Chavanel, was caught near the finish, it was dangerous. But out of the blue, a lightning fast Norwegian stromed past!
Alejandro Valverde held on the yellow and looks like it gonna be quite a long time before someone changes that.
Yup, still quite interested in this beautiful sport even though I try to stay away, out of disappointment more than anything.
But the ASO have gone mad with long stages to start the Tour. 195km on opening day, 165km yesterday and today it is 208km from Saint Malo to Nantes.. Again, some undulations with a slight rise near the finish... Funny, but still makes it quite interesting because you never know what's gonna happen. Out of two similar stages thus far, one was won by a climber and another by a sprinter.. Makes it more open I guess.. And oh yeah, Nantes is some place special for Jeff as well, because that's where his home cycling club is. U-Nantes Atlantique.. hehehe.. But I'm for an Oscar Freire win tonight.