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The biggest priority for those who are still riding seriously is to finish by midnight on Saturday. If you do that, you've beaten the cut-off and completed within the time limit.
But many of them will still be racing as hard as they can for places, to beat friends and rivals and to post the fastest time they can do. Mike used to say that the race for 34th place is as hard-fought as that for first. And, having been round that part of the field when I did it, I can confirm that is correct.
Mike said that, having got sponsors looking after all the controls this year, he had been looking forward to hanging back a bit and watching the battles for, eg 34th place. If there's the slightest chance he could see them from where he is now, let's not deny either his spirit, or the guys racing, the pleasure of watching it unfold!