AUSTIN, Texas - Audra Outlaw wakes up each day with the infant son doctors told her she’d never be able to have.

She scoops up 3-month-old Gage, clicks on the TV, and mother and son settle back into bed to watch for Lance Armstrong’s yellow jersey streaking across the French countryside.

“He’s such an inspiration,” said Outlaw, who has closely followed Armstrong’s career since she was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. “We’re nervous, but confident he will win.”

A cancer survivor, Armstrong has inspired millions of patients with his six straight Tour de France titles. But for the 34-year-old Outlaw and others, Armstrong’s quest for a seventh is bittersweet: this Tour de France will be his last race.

“It will be interesting to see what he does next,” Outlaw said. “It’s fun to watch the Tour, but I don’t see us necessarily watching with as much enthusiasm as we do now.”

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Outlaw was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002. She knew Armstrong’s story, but had not taken a keen interest in the race itself until that summer spent on the couch laboring through chemotherapy.

Every day, she turned on the TV to watch each stage of Armstrong’s fourth Tour victory. She’s been a dedicated fan ever since.

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“I could barely get up and my hair was falling out,” Outlaw said. “To get that little bit of inspiration every morning .... That makes you say ’Yes, I can get out of bed today.”’

Outlaw’s husband, Blake, also relied on Armstrong’s story to help him cope with his wife’s illness. Before Audra Outlaw’s diagnosis, both had read Armstrong’s book that chronicled his cancer fight. Both reread the book after her diagnosis.

“The first time I read it, it was all about bicycle racing. The second time I read it, it was all about his fight,” said Blake Outlaw, who also turned to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for support and information.