1 Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong has admitted that his hopes of winning a record eighth Tour de France are "finished".

The American fell twice during Sunday's eighth stage and now trails race leader Cadel Evans by a massive 13 minutes and 26 seconds.

The 38-year-old admitted: "My Tour has finished. But I will stay in the race. I will enjoy it, I'll try and take some pleasure out of it, to support the team. I'm not complaining."

Armstrong fell for the first time after just six kilometres of the 189km stage from Station des Rousses to Morzine-Avoriaz. And he suffered a second tumble at the 140km mark.

He added: "I've had a bad day, a very bad day. At the start, it was going OK, I felt strong. And then came the roundabout before the Col de la Ramaz. I clipped a pedal and then my tyre rolled off and the next thing I was rolling along the ground at 60 to 65kph.

"It's already hard to come back, hard on the body."