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Agree on the sponsored event thing. Sounds like the sponsors failed to provide adequate traffic control, but I am not familiar with the event and don't pretend to know how one would organize it.

That said, I encounter bikers every day on my commute home on the back roads. Most of the time there are at least a dozen of them, riding 3-4 abreast, essentially blocking the entire lane. I have also had several riders in single-file who ride in the middle of the lane, again, blocking the road for cars. They refuse to move and flip you off if you honk for them to slide over and let you by. Some are very courteous and will move over as much as possible to let you by. Others, however, are jerks and think they own the road.

While I think this woman was wrong, based on the (limited) information provided, I can see where one might get a little hot under the collar riding behind a bunch of bikers.

I too have seen them taking up more of the lane than I think they need to. And it can be nervous and/or irritating if there is not clear path to pass. It's even more frustrating to get stuck behind them when I am pulling a horse trailer that makes me wider and less agile than usual. Caution forces me to follow them, and it really irritates me when they must know I am there and that I am stuck behind them and they still make no effort to use less road. I am sensitive when I am holding up traffic pulling the trailer, and I pull over and allow them to pass at the first safe opportunity.