vadimivich said:But cycling isn't so much about the attacks as it is the traditions. The flavor of the sport that makes it great is the small touches like that.
Armstrong tells many stories of being a young brash American who stepped on everyone's toes his first time in Europe. He didn't know any of the traditions, didn't know how to show respect. It says a lot that many of the former greats were people he befriended or at least had respectful relationships with (Merckx, Indurain, etc) as he grew up and matured.
Evans had a slight error in judgement yesterday, he gained nothing from what he did, but the peloton probably doesn't think highly of it.
The peloton probably knows nothing of it (the incident).