NZHerald.com: Bruised Dean hanging on in Giro

The New Zealand Herald profiles national road champion Julian Dean on his heroic efforts at the 2008 Giro d’Italia.

From the article: New Zealand cyclist Julian Dean looks like completing cycling’s Giro d’Italia despite battling pain for nearly the duration.The three-week tour finishes in Milan on Sunday and Dean admitted he was looking forward to it after suffering rib and shoulder injuries in a second stage fall on May 11.

“This year’s giro has been a roller coaster, to say the least,” Dean wrote on his website.