A brief look at the 95th Tour de France yesterday: Stage: A mostly flat, 102.2-mile run from Auray to Saint-Brieuc that favored sprinters. Winner: Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole won his sixth Tour stage. Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg finished second, and Gerald Ciolek of Germany was third. Yellow jersey: Alejandro Valverde kept the lead for the second day. He leads Kirchen by 1 second. Quote of the day: "It was an incredible thing to spend today with the yellow jersey on my shoulders. Every time that we passed through a village, people recognized me and shouted my name." - Valverde Next stage: Today's 129.3-mile third stage from Saint-Malo to Nantes is another mostly flat trek favoring sprinters.