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I thought atmosphere in the small hours was pretty good too.
Can see increase in participation being a problem only on the first few laps, because that was a contributing factor to the crash early on last year (although it was mainly one guy's fault, pulling a dumb cutting-in move and giving the rider on his inside at 'death corner' nowhere to go).
Loved having to take that corner flat out fixed with everyone else coasting.
I think the course could definitely take more riders, because for me it felt a bit sparse most of the time.
I think there were 150 slots last year, but only 130ish raced, so think they're banking on a similar % of entrants not turning up while filling the course a bit more (and making a bit more money in the process).
Lukas
Dunno if it was just me, but I thought the atmosphere was pretty good last year during the dark periods. Plenty of good team / random person chat in the big tent thing.
I did notice they've upped it to 800 riders this year, so extra 75 teams on the course. Reckon that might get a bit mental if they don't change or update the course, especially on that narrow down into 'death corner' before the last climb.