Originally Posted by grolby

FFS. Masters is just an age group, and an optional one at that. A Masters Cat 4 still has all the pack handling smarts of any other Cat 4 (i.e. typically still in need of some development). If Masters races are safer it's because the 1s and 2s at the front push the pace so the dead weight gets dropped OTB where they can't do as much harm. Most of the people in elite/senior fields are grown-ups, too, not school children.