<div><p>A relaxed Lance Armstrong swigged beer with his new team-mates on Sunday after a successful hit-out at the Tour Down Under, their first race together.</p><p>Armstrong finished the six-stage race around Adelaide in 25th place, a slight improvement on last year's 29th as he gears up for his attempt on an eighth Tour de France title in July.</p><p>"Having a beer with Team RadioShack," he tweeted. "Good week here at Tour Down Under."</p><p>Armstrong joined the new RadioShack outfit from Astana, moving with team boss Johan Bruyneel who masterminded all of his record seven Tour de France victories between 1999 and 2005.</p><p>Bruyneel said Armstrong was in better condition than last year, when he returned from a three-and-a-half-year retirement, and also happier with his new team.</p><p>Armstrong famously fell out with Astana team-mate Alberto Contador last season in a feud that came to the boil during the Tour de France, when he placed third behind the Spaniard.</p><p>"Lance is good. He's a lot different than last year. Physically his form is a lot better, he feels good in the bunch and he feels good in the team so that's three things that are better than last year," Bruyneel said.</p><p>Armstrong earlier said he was happy with the trip, although it was too early to make any predictions for the rest of the season.</p><p>"It's still so early. Not much can be taken from here in terms of what happens in the summer, in fact nothing," he said.</p><p>"The main thing is we got good racing in, which equals good preparation mixed with no bad luck: illness, injuries, crashes. Smooth trip, good weather."</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67697296&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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