Here is the translation of Austin is Trots op Lance:

The streets of Austin have slowly/gradually been coloured yellow the past few weeks. The citizens of the Texas’ capital are closely following the achievements of their hero, Lance Armstrong. Hence, Austin pretends to be the cycling-capital of the United States.

Mathias Meyer is a Dutch who has been living in Austin for quite a while and works in a bicycle store. Every morning cycling fans gather in the store to watch the tour.

We can see it in the store, since Lance has been champion of the tour seven times, our business has been going up of course. And a lot of people
come into the store saying: “He, we wanna do a bit of cycling ourselves as well”.

Besides, the general American hasnít got a clue about the tour de France.

Well, most have no real notion. But there are some , .. maybe … , actually, only one or two percent of the population really understands what it’s all about.

The headquarters of the `Lance Armstrong Foundation` has been reconstructed for the last days into a `Madurodam¥ version of Paris.

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Lance Armstrong who survived cancer himself, has put with the foundation a ¥face¥ on Americans with cancer the past years

Five year old Spencer has leukaemia. Together with his father he sells the well-known yellow bracelets which symbolize the fight against cancer on the streets of Austin.

Seven years in a row local internet reporter Paul Walhus has been reporting on the local victory festivities in Austin. Today, for the last time.

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A Dutch view of Austin: A Dutch TV Crew was in the Capital City covering Austin’s reaction to Lance Armstrong’s seventh Tour De France victory.