Lance Armstrong’s minders told him to dump much-younger Ashley Olsen, book reveals

DISGRACED cyclist Lance Armstrong’s minders told him to dump the much-younger Ashley Olsen to protect his image, a new book reveals.

What an odd couple.

A new tell-all book on the disgraced cyclist has revealed that Lance Armstrong’s minders urged him to end his short-lived relationship with Ashley Olsen, who is 15 years his junior.

In the book, Cycle of Lies, author Julie Macur writes that just weeks after Armstrong broke up with designer Tory Burch in late 2007, he was spotted out in New York with Olsen.

During one night out at the Gramercy Park Hotel, “Ashley drank red wine, sat on his lap and they were making out all night,” an onlooker told The New York Post at the time.

“They left together around 2am.”

Days later, they were spotted out again dining at the Waverly Inn in the West Village.

According to the new book, Armstrong was told not to date Olsen by handlers who worried how it would affect his image.

Ashley Olsen, left, and Mary Kate Olsen, designers of The Row, pose backstage after winning Womenswear Designer of the Year at the CFDA Fashion Awards on June 4, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Jason DeCrow/Invision/AP)

One of Armstrong’s long-time friends (and head of his Livestrong Foundation), John Korioth “warned the thirty-six-year-old father of three that his romance with Olsen could damage his cancer work,” wrote Macur.

“‘Whoa, dude, bad idea,’ Korioth said,” she claims. “‘You’ve got to put a stop to this right now.’”

Macur claims infatuated Armstrong answered, “She’s twenty-one … F*** you.”

Ultimately, the relationship ended after only a few months, and Armstrong would move on to Kate Hudson.