Wow, must've been hard for ol' Lance to be the lone, squeaky-clean, pure-as-the-driven-snow patron of the Peloton when all this was going on...
The more I hear/learn about his situation, the more I see the advantages of great lawyers, a close inner circle, and old fashioned intimidation. And to think I actually believed the guy for a while...
(just some hypothetical imagined dialogue....)
UCI: Someone saw you take pills. Were they illegal?
LA: No.
UCI: Will any of your teammates, whose vitality depends on your success, say they're illegal?
LA: No. Come back and I'll sue your a$$.
UCI: OK, bye.