le Tour de Langkawi - Final Stage

The yellow jersey Jose Rojano - my best shot from Nokia XpressMusic

On my way back home from not so successful LSD, I came across le tour de Langkawi's peloton. Swerved my car to the road side, hopped out and waited anxiously while they passed by in a mere 20 seconds. They were on their way up Genting. Awesome sight. That micro window was enough to raise my anxiety again to survive the remaining precious weekend.

No spinning on Sunday morning but I opted for a few father-ly errands. I woke up early despite the declaration of No-Workout day. Went to grab newspaper for mommy, queuing for nasi lemak, fixed the leaking faucet and exam week drilling for the kids - kes beli jiwa la ni XD

By 12.00pm I was ready to hit Dataran to witness the final stage of le tour de Langkawi. Despite the government's tight budget, the event was considered another successful one. As any other sports worldwide, Malaysia will never fall short of it's own challenge - hot and humid. Be it the F1, Ironman or le tour de Langkawi. I came prepared - short, dri-fit shirt, cap, shades & my adizero. A nice spot was picked - after the corner from Dataran towards Agro Bank. Most of us were there, the usual enthusiastic weekend champion cyclists.

Peloton arrived from Kuala Kubu Bahru after 100km on their legs and continued with another six laps around the city. There were no other colourful adrenalines than the peloton itself. It was spectacular as they swerved by. Adding to the excitement was our Mr Policemen themselves - manning the streets and the peloton year after year without fail with their big bikes. Too bad I was only equipped with a tiny Nokia compared to other 3 foot long lenses around me - argh! I missed my ixus after seven loving years, it decided to kaput.