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The 2am start for the Hard Boiled is for a couple of reasons:
It means almost all riders can ride the most savage section (the last 100km) in daylight. Being able to see where you are going on the shitty little lanes is a big help.
It does also mean that even fuller value riders get a decent night's sleep so they are ready for the Dorset Coast the next day.
Good luck to all riding the HB, it is a properly good ride with some horrific climbing. Nothing too massive, but it cuts right across the grain and horrible, energy-sapping, steep lumps just keep on coming. The last 100km is ferocious (until about 20k from the end, where things finally calm down).