Thanks to randonneuuring comrade Bruce Berg, who ferreted out the info on the official Paris-Brest-Paris website, the quick official rundown on PBP finishers and DNFs is:
5,160 starters
3,603 finishers.
128 hors delai (riders who got to controls or the finish beyond the allotted time)
1,429 did not finish
Finishing rate: 69.8 percent. That compares to roughly 86 percent in 2003. What a difference a little rain makes.
Here’s the link to the official rider list:
http://www.paris-brest-paris.org/EN/index.php?showpage=283
And for anyone who’s interested, here’s Bruce’s Excel spreadsheet of American riders only (the color-coded riders are those of local Bay Area interest):
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