I even started liking McEwen by the end (he usually seems overly aggressive to me).
LOL, I felt the same way. Any so-called "non-climber" who suffers his way up Alpe d'Huez but can still manage to pop a wheelie at the top gets brownie points with me. And reading some of his interviews gives me the impression that he's just a regular guy... with, um, aggressive elbows.

But naming his son Ewen? Oy