Starting line pics, http://www.flickr.com/photos/33078251@N03/sets/72157623452377851/ Somebody with more patience than me might get a head count from the pics.
05:15:15 for me. I was more cautious than usual due to the rain, but much of the trail would have been not ridable for me even if it was dry. A quote from one
I think you have it about right Charles. Sad for me to see only 70 riders, last time I was there it was 700 storming up the road towards the first climb. Even