Summary
DEAN RYAN warmed up for the season on a 27-speed racing bike in the Alps, flogging himself to the limit through the most brutal stage of the Tour de France.
Temperatures of 44C made it a blistering test of endurance for Gloucester's head coach, a 10-hour slog along 100 miles of cruelly steep gradients and hairpin bends to Alpe d'Huez. Lance Armstrong has got to the top quicker but Ryan's express may be a record for a 6ft 6in, 17st back row forward.See the full content of this document
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Ryan's New Peak ; Tigers Test After Bike Ride Torture
Just as he prepared for the season by climbing one mountain, so he ends it this afternoon trying to climb another at Twickenham in the Grand Final against Leicester.
The heat this time will be differen...See the full content of this document
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