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Why then was he cheating in the first place ?
Presumably because he didn't want his leg to go gangrenous. Marginal gain all over.
The big take-away here is probably that EWS riders need better education when it comes to the anti-doping system and their individual responsibility to check what they're using. No idea if that's the responsibility of the teams, the UCI/CADF or EWS or a combination of all of them, but for a top rider to make a basic mistake like this suggests that he - and probably other - riders in that area of the sport aren't as clued up as they should be.
I agree with BWD, GT bikes and Maes should have had been better informed about the treatment he was offered, and at least help him make a decision about treatment and get the right exemption afterwards.
Rude and Graves seem to have just been unlucky (the substance they took can be unlisted or listed as fruit sourced in sports drink)
I understand why folk are suspicious, but a dose of perspective wouldn't go amiss here. This isn't Armstrong levels of deception.