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Jake Gyllenhaal Lands Lance Armstrong Role

Jake Gyllenhaal is to play cycling legend Lance Armstrong in a movie about
his life.

The seven-time Tour de France winner let the casting choice slip during a
conversation with staff at US sports network ESPN.

Lance revealed Matthew McConaughey had been lined up for the role but the
movie's producers decided to go with the 'Brokeback Mountain' actor instead.

A source at the network explained to the New York Post newspaper: "Lance
said that's why he has been spending so much time with them both this
summer."

Meanwhile, his former fiancée, Sheryl Crow, has revealed she still thinks
about him every day.

The 'If It Makes You Happy' singer and the athlete split in February this
year, but the singer admits she is still struggling to get over him.

She said: "When we broke up it was devastating."

Sheryl - who was diagnosed with breast cancer less than a month after the
split - recently admitted she wished the 34-year-old sportsman was by her
side while she fought the disease.

She revealed: "I would have loved for him to have swept in and carried me
through it."

Lance survived his own battle with cancer after being diagnosed with
testicular cancer in 1996.

It's not yet clear whether or not his relationship with the singer will
feature in the biopic.

Yesterday Matthew McConaughey and Lance Armstrong jogged together shirtless in Miami (08/22/06). I don't know what to think of these two. They go out to clubs and bars and party with the ladies, but maybe the real action is the sweaty workout at the hotel.