Robert Hess is a prostate cancer survivor and helped organize Tour De Skyline to get the message out for men to get tested and know what it is all about.

The riders left Front Royal Saturday, stayed overnight in Luray, and returned Sunday.

One of the riders, Phil Foret, says his father passed away at the age of 61 from prostate cancer.

Foret says it inspired him to get out and make the ride worth-while.

"I had to dig deep and I always have this image of my father during his last days when he was really in pain because the prostate cancer kind of sits in your bones and I just thought about those images and felt like he was helping me along," says Foret. "I remember those days and thought that if he could go through that, then I can dig deep and climb this 5-mile climb and make it happen," adds Foret.

"I thought, 'Well maybe one of the things that we can do is get the message out to men that this is an important thing," explains Hess. "One in six men will get prostate cancer. If you are going to survive it is critical that you catch it early so that it can be treated,'" adds Hess.

This is the second annual Tour De Skyline. For more information about the ride go to www.tourdeskylinedrive.org.