Farmers create giant bike to welcome ‘Tour de France’ participants

PARIS: The French farmers created a giant animated bike to welcome the participants of the third stage of the Tour de France 2011 passing their fields. The huge bike was made out of carefully positioned hay bales, but it was the wheels and gearing where the farmers had really displayed their artistic sides. Each of the wheels was made from twelve tractors driving in formation to make it appear as though they were turning and a similar trick was used with smaller vehicles for the gearing.