The basques are great cycling fans - they turn out in the tens of thousands. There are hardly any other places in the world where one could see so much support for the sport. Anyways 1 or 20 individuals among soo many cant generalize for the rest of the people.
Actually, I think people are quite respectful, in some places im sure Lance would have at least been on the receaving end of some rocks, baterries, eggs and why not maybe even pulled down of his bike. So all in all Basques are great cycling fans.