It's okay i edited the tail end of mine
The delay adds even more to the suggestion that the usda should be disbanded and rebuilt. There was no reason for the delay no matter what the usda claim
To go to trial they would have had to have absolutely 100% proof to convict or have strong enough suggestions/evidence to push forward a case to be reviewed
Now, if the only thing that changed was Lance said I ain't playing anymore then that entire report could and should have been sent by the usda to uci within 24-48 hours
Having just read the report I can see why the delay occured. It reads more like a novel of suggestion, supposition, inferrences and in some cases novel related drama based on opinion rather than fact..they clearly took away the documents for court and had re-written them to sound like the latest conspiracy drama
The legal basis for the court case report could and should have been in the uci's hands within 24-48 hours.... instead usda took back the report and hollywooded it to imply more than a court would have accepted and jazz it up
the continual use of "reasoned decision" in so many paragraphs seems as though the usda are trying to convince others of suggestions as truth rather than a bodies suspicions and mostly unproveable direct proof. The broken record technique if you will..say it often enough over and over again and hope someone believes you
but again..lets say Lance did use the same techniques it is claimed the entire top group also used...Who would you give those titles too given that the usda have by the defined attack on lance...couldn't detect an elephant if it was standing right infront of them?
Lance will always have those that believe him to be the most important cyclist of his generation..and those that are convinced he is the biggest cheat on earth..that will not change
What will have to change however is that when we have governing bodies, that they be effective and vigilant and not then turn on the controlling body when the intial body like the usda...show they have been ineffective for years
With Lance competitively retired the biggest changes may effect the accusers more than anyone else in a way they won't like... so in many ways I can see why lance is sitting back and watching the backstabbers fight amongst themselves for his amusement