My opinion is probably skewed because I started in the “+” group so I saw the tail and mid end of the 90 hour groups, but man, what a crazy amount of accidents. I saw 6 crashes happen myself, stopped by 3 more where the victim clearly needed to be hospitalized, and saw a few more where people were being laid on stretchers.
Especially the oldest riders fighting against the time limit seemed unsafe: riding in the middle of the road, very odd position on the bike, no lights, unresponsive when spoken to… How do these people handle a fast descent or unexpected hazards?
Imo it wouldn’t hurt to have a doctor or two on the moto’s to force some people to stop, maybe even promise them some leniency for the cutoff time, because people are really taking unnecessary risks and endangering other riders.