Finally, an rational explanation (read: not one that exists entirely in your X-rated fantasies) for why Jake Gyllenhaal is spending so much time with Lance Armstrong: the Jarhead plans on playing him in a still-secret biopic. That's what LA Weekly's Nikki Finke is reporting — with Jake's recent cycling part of his training for the flic, and his and Lance's heading to the Tour De France all part of Jake's research.

As a huge TdF fan myself, I think a Lance bio-pic is a natural: why did it take Hollywood so long to put one together? Given Armstrong's unhappy youth, his sports prowess (first as a triathlete and then as a cyclist), his cancer battle, his Live Strong yellow wristband campaign and his cancer foundation work, his epic seven TdF titles, his rivalry with cocky Jan Ullrich and upstart Ivan Basso, his love-hate relationship with the French, and his battle against doping accusations, it's a heckuva tale. And the studio as well as Lance are fortunate that an Oscar nominee like Gyllenhaal wants to do it.

And after the ribbing Armstrong gave Gyllenhaal at the ESPYs, Jake certainly deserves to cash in on Lance's life story.

EXCLUSIVE: Jake Gyllenhaal Wants To Play Lance Armstrong in Sony Bio-Pic [Deadline Hollywood]