We too were turned back from Marshall, but not given any explanation or told that the route would reopen later — I wish we had waited at the closure! However, it might have been difficult to do that — the police officers were telling riders to turn around and go back, and didn’t seem to want to have a large group gather at the turn for Marshall. Our group also had problems finding the finish — no cue sheets were available at the start.
We picked up our t-shirts and biked around Haines Point so we could get the full amount of biking we’d planned.
I hate to have this leave such a bad taste about the event, which otherwise was extremely enjoyable — loved the closed roads, the shouts in tunnels, being part of such a large group of cyclists, the views of the White House, Kennedy Center, and monuments — but we really felt cheated out of a significant part of the ride.
