Jquery Cycle Plugin slows page rendering speed?

Jquery Cycle Plugin slows page rendering speed?

I am using the cycle plugin on the homepage of my website and it it taking 6.5s ish to fully load the page.  All the elements are loaded in less than 1s but it takes 5s plus to render the final page. Is this a CSS issue or is there a better way of using the cycle plugin?

Any help appreciated.
Graham