First time PBPer. Was this year unusual in that finishers got to retain their completed brevet cards at the arrivée? Another rider checking in at the same time as me questioned it with the controller, and was told “the electronic timing is the primary record” or words to that effect. If true, it makes one question the point of cards/stamps, and tying up 5+ volunteers at each control doing it at any one time, other than making a nice souvenir. And, of course, the differential standards at play between PBP and what ACP applies to BRM qualifiers…