{"id":99329,"date":"2025-08-27T09:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99329\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:32:08","slug":"pretty-fast-for-a-clean-guy-lance-armstrong-enjoys-dopest-trip-by-bike-with-the-offspring-singer-but-fans-say-you-couldve-chosen-a-cyclist-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/99329\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty fast for a clean guy: Lance Armstrong enjoys \u2018dopest trip\u2019 (by bike) with The Offspring singer \u2013 but fans say \u201cyou could\u2019ve chosen a cyclist who\u2019s not a cheater\u201d + more on the live blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now here\u2019s a \u201890s throwback crossover event you probably weren\u2019t expecting to see this week\u2026<\/p>\n

Over the past few years, as he\u2019s attempted to stealthily slide back into the cycling world via the subtle art of podcasting, Lance Armstrong has been spotted out on his bike with a host of big names from the peloton and beyond.<\/p>\n

For example, Big Tex has ridden around Mallorca once or twice with old muckers Mark Cavendish and Jan Ullrich<\/a>. He\u2019s also gone for spins with Formula 1 star and pro cycling HAB Valtteri Bottas<\/a>, and recently jokingly called out controversial influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul<\/a> for a race.<\/p>\n

Oh, and lest we forget this summer\u2019s moody, black and white, and scantily clad gym photoshoots with Bradley Wiggins and George Hincapie, captured while the trio were podcasting during the Tour de France.<\/p>\n

Get those shorts rolled up higher, Brad. Anyway\u2026<\/p>\n

So, it\u2019s perhaps no surprise \u2013 though it may well be for fans of the band \u2013 that Armstrong was again spotted riding his bike this week with another big name who enjoyed roaring success and worldwide fame in the late 1990s: The Offspring\u2019s frontman Dexter Holland.<\/p>\n

Yes, that\u2019s right. At the weekend, The Offspring, known for \u201890s punk revival hits such as \u2018Come Out and Play\u2019 and VH1 staple \u2018Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)\u2019, posted a photo of Holland posing with the former seven-time Tour de France winner, captioned: \u201cMorning bike ride in Austin with Lance Armstrong!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Lance<\/p>\n

I reckon, judging by their respective clothing choices, Holland \u2013 whose PhD in molecular biology probably led to some interesting chats with one of sport\u2019s most infamous molecule enhancers \u2013 is winning in the \u2018man in his 50s looking cool on a bike\u2019 stakes. But that\u2019s just my opinion, of course.<\/p>\n

However, despite Lance\u2019s propensity for celebrity cycles, the punk legend\u2019s weekend ride with Armstrong has baffled cycling and Offspring fans alike.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine driving down the street in your car and being like, \u2018hey this guy looks like the lead singer of the Offspring\u2019… Oh my god it\u2019s him and Lance Armstrong!\u201d wrote Chad on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cDamn, the lead singer of offspring is a bike rider. I just didn’t see that one comin\u2019,\u201d added Simon.<\/p>\n

>\u00a0\u201cEvery one of them stolen\u201d: Lance Armstrong poses alongside Tour de France yellow jersey collection for non-alcoholic beer ad \u2013 after investing in AI toilet camera start-up (yes, really)<\/a><\/p>\n

But while the non-punk-leaning cyclists on the internet weren\u2019t even sure who Holland was \u2013 some likening him to Biff from Back to the Future, or Gary Busey, or even Jan Ullrich \u2013 some Offspring fans weren\u2019t exactly enamoured with their hero\u2019s choice of cycling companion.<\/p>\n

\"Lance<\/p>\n

Lance and Dexter, back in the Americana days<\/p>\n

\u201cCould\u2019ve chosen a clean cyclist, guys,\u201d wrote Alex on X\/Twitter, while Ursula said she wasn\u2019t angry, she was \u201cjust disappointed\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are you doing? He\u2019s a f***ing cheater,\u201d added Tadugl.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove ya homie but not a picture I would be posting… Are we forgetting?\u201d added CB.<\/p>\n

And, finally, Pete noted that Dexter was \u201cstill doing medical research, I see\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

And you thought the cycling community was having a hard time forgiving and forgetting, Lance\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now here\u2019s a \u201890s throwback crossover event you probably weren\u2019t expecting to see this week\u2026 Over the past…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-99329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}