cfblakeman said:True - he will always be known going forward for his cowardice, not his riding ability.
No he won't. He'll be remembered for his ability to smash people on the climbs.
Maybe the more liberal folks will remember one of the greatest young Grand Tour winning rider of all time for what they perceive as a lack of social ettiquette but for the majority it's going to be stuff like the epic series of attacks during his first Tour win with Rasmuchicken in the Pyrenees, beating Cancellara in a time trial, riding up the Angrilu like it was pan flat, being told while sunning himself on the beach "get your scrawny as$ to Italy and win the Giro", which he did.... you get the idea.