top_oz_bloke
Likes Dirt
I've only done the 100 so have never seen the elites start but FWIW I've never been held up or seen any of the bottlenecking that is spoken about. The 100 strung out into groups pretty quick and it all seemed to go smoothly.
Where I did come across some issues, and I'm not sure you will ever avoid this without a dramatic change to the event format, was when the 100k field started to pick it's way through the backmarkers of the 50k race. This was the point at which the elites caught me so I got to watch a bit of the carnage that ensued, including myself almost having the ignominy of taking out both Dylan Cooper and Matt Fleming (in my defence I rate both as marginal places to pass). All part of racing in these events though.
Where I did come across some issues, and I'm not sure you will ever avoid this without a dramatic change to the event format, was when the 100k field started to pick it's way through the backmarkers of the 50k race. This was the point at which the elites caught me so I got to watch a bit of the carnage that ensued, including myself almost having the ignominy of taking out both Dylan Cooper and Matt Fleming (in my defence I rate both as marginal places to pass). All part of racing in these events though.