I agree with the comments above. I would add that while most of the route back was ok, we took some incredibly poor roads (conditions) and poor route choices. Many clubs and teams do a similar route and I understand that organizers couldn't select the exact same route or many wouldn't have registered or done the ride, but there are very concrete reasons those clubs and teams chose different routes.
And I couldn't help but say at several different times: "our route is waaaay better than this one..."

but the rest stops were awesome and the staff were courteous and friendly...great people running the show.