CHI St. Joseph Health's Gran Fondo kicks in high gear this weekend to support cancer survivors and treatment.

Sunday morning the roads of B/CS will be filled with hundreds of cyclists.

Saturday, Betsy Segers and her friend Shari Jones were picking up their participation packets.

"I'm riding for my mom. She's a cancer survivor and she's doing good. She's 80-years-old," said Jones.

"Well we actually rode in it last year and had such a great time, we decided to do it again this year," said Segers.

Donovan French is the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at CHI and says the benefits are far reaching.

"The funds that are raised through this event will go to help with transportation through the course of treatment, potentially equipment that the cancer center may need and any other survivor-ship type of resources that may come up," said French.

Sunday riders will have four different courses to choose from; 20, 40, 70 and 100 miles.

Brazos County Sheriff Chief Deputy Jim Stewart is co-chair for the event.

"For me personally, I am a cancer survivor and I'm an avid cyclist. I've loved to ride my bike ever since I was a small child," said Stewart. "They wanted somebody who is a co-chair that people can relate to."

But you don't have to be an expert to give back.

"We are not avid cyclists," said Segers. "We ride a couple of times in a year in events like this for fun, so you definitely do not need to be on a bicycle all the time to do this event. Anyone can do it."

The race begins Sunday at 7 A.M. with a rolling start at the Stella Hotel located at 4100 Lake Atlas Drive in Bryan.

You can still register to join the race Sunday morning.

There are no road closures for the event.

More than 20 riders also participated in a 500 mile ride event this weekend.