Hoorah (or Huzzah), Corsair!!! You triumphed and did good deeds for all those other riders, too! And Allez carried you through!

Organizing one of these rides must be an incredible amount of work and preparation - for all the problems you had, we should probably still give the organizers kudos, too, and wish them better results next time because I'm sure they've learned from their mistakes. It's a good reason to give them feedback at the end of the ride.