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@Oliver Schick
Cheers, Shaun. Without wanting to sound corny, it's actually all the riders that make it. :)
As for helpers, in no particular order, those are owntherroad, Southwark Cyclists volunteers for organising the coaches, the jersey (which quite a few people were wearing) and other things that I probably don't even know about, as well as all the personnel involved with the coaches, long-time feed stop stalwarts Patsy and Rob as well as LCC in Hackney and LFGSS volunteers at Sible Hedingham, the backstop riders who give mechanical assistance (sadly, this year Sean had a crash which left his bike broken--a good friend riding with him had hit a pothole and taken Sean with him, so spare a thought for him), all the hard-working staff at the Flora Café on the beach who open at 4am, and (I'm told, although I've never called in there) various people in Suffolk who open their houses to riders (did that happen again this year?) and Torque Bikes and Weston's Café in Sudbury who offer an additional service to riders. Pubs along the route are busy, too, of course, especially in Moreton and the Fox Inn in Finchingfield.
So, yes, there are a lot of helpers, whether paid or unpaid, and as it gets bigger (can it even?), they'll continue to multiply.