Record-breaking painting: youtuber creates world's largest canvas to cheer Tour de France champion

Art supports the Tour de France: to mark the famous event, Dutch youtubers Tour de Tietema have created the world’s largest canvas to cheer on champion Wout Van Aert. By creating the work, they have broken the world record: the canvas measures 1689 square meters, the size of about two and a half soccer fields, while the work created in 2020 by British artist Sacha Jafri in Dubai, which set the previous record for size, spanned 1595 square meters.

The new record-breaking canvas is an illustration depicting Van Aert in action, champion of Dutch Team Jumbo-Visma, speeding along on his Cervelo from the bright blue front wheel Swapfiets.

The three-man Tietema crew created the world’s largest painting with the help of Swapfiets, the first long-term bicycle rental company born in Amsterdam and spread throughout Europe, which provided labor and materials. It was executed in the village of Gausson, in Western France, and placed at a highly visible spot on the course (at km 146.9) where the peloton of athletes passed during the second stage on Sunday, June 27. With this canvas, the Tietema team intended to give an extra boost to 26-year-old Van Aert, winner of two stages of the 2020 Tour. The project took three days to complete.

Marc de Vries, CEO of Swapfiets, said, “We really liked the idea of the guys from the Tour de Tietema, and it was with pleasure that we helped them realize it, especially in honor of our partnership with Team Jumbo-Visma. It’s great to be part of the Tour’s great fan art heritage.”

Bas Tietema, founder of Tour de Tietema, added, “Our journey began with the challenges of the 2019 Tour de France. Last year we had a lot of success making a song for Wout Van Aert. When we started looking for an idea to support him this year, we came up with the idea of breaking a world record, and by researching Guinness World Records, we finally decided to create the largest canvas in the world.”

Pictured is the world’s largest canvas celebrating champion Van Aert in action on his bike from the iconic blue Swapfiets wheel created by Dutch youtuber Tour de Tietema.

Record-breaking painting: youtuber creates world's largest canvas to cheer Tour de France champion

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