Lance Armstrong and Graham Watson share a word on the way down the mountain yesterday.

Team RadioShack's Director of Sports Science, Dr. Allen Lim took time out to give us look into the post race rehydration techniques used by the team. 

Check out the latest "Behind The Lines" from stage eight of the Tour de France.

Check out the photos from stage 8 of the Tour de France.

Tour de France
Stage 8: Station Des Rousses to Morzine-Avoriaz, 189km/117mi
By Cathy Mehl

It was a big day of re-shuffling on the general classification and a new leader has emerged for Team RadioShack with Levi Leipheimer moving into eighth place after nine days of racing.   Several crashes ended Lance Armstrong’s hopes for a win in this year’s Tour and Leipheimer stepped into the role of best-placed team rider.  Saxo Bank’s Andy Schleck attacked from the group of favorites as he went under the red kite signaling 1000 meters to go, and was immediately followed by Samuel Sanchez of Euskaltel Euskadi.  Sanchez battled Schleck to the line, but in the closing meters Andy came around the Olympic champion to claim his first Tour stage win and moved into second place at 20-seconds behind new race leader and world champion Cadel Evans (BMC).   Third place is held by Alberto Contador of Astana at 1:01off Evans’ time.

by Chris Brewer
Team RadioShack fans watched in serious concern when team leader Lance Armstrong went down just a couple of kilometers before the start of the second-to-last climb.  The Shack boys were soon marshaled to get him back to the main group, having to burn precious matches of energy, each one wondering what damage he had incurred after he hit the ground.

Crashing your bike has multiple impacts to a rider and his team, aside from the obvious.  When you go down - and I have personal experience in both of these manners - it's usually in one of two manners.

Lance Armstrong Reading the Race Book On The Way To Stage 8

High Mountains Stage
Sun, July 11—starts at 1230 local time

About Stage 8
By Chris Brewer
Today’s stage will tell a lot about what’s going to happen at the Tour de France.  It’s a classic long roll out to the base of the critical final section.  Today’s finale features a Cat 1 ascent, down to a 3, then up to a true Cat 1 summit finish atop Morzine-Avoriaz.  Some riders will be hunting for a stage win, others will have to show their cards that their ready and able to contest for overall victory.  There’s a saying in cycling: the climbs don’t lie.