Custom-painted new Tarmac worthy of a world champion
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Peter Sagan has a custom camo-fade paintjob on his new Specialized S-Works Tarmac(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
A subtle Bora stripe on the Tarmac fork's trailing edge(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
An iridescent Specialized Toupe to match the Tarmac(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Bora also uses K-Edge chain catchers(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
4iiii provides dual-side power measurement(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The Tarmac doesn't have a traditional threaded bottom bracket, but the cups do thread into an internal sleeve(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The Tarmac rear forgoes a traditional brake bridge for a carbon stabilizer(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Specialized moved to direct-mount brakes for the latest Tarmac(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
K-Edge sent a few riders custom Garmin mounts for the Tour. Looks like Sagan made the cut(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The Aerofly internal routing keeps things tidy even without handelbar tape on the tops(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
A sprint shifter peeks out of Sagan's Supacaz tape(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Specialized's Aerofly bar offers a short profile to the wind(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Sagan prefers the massive stiffness of Zipp's SL Sprint stem. Zipp isn't a team sponsor, so his stem gets the electrical-tape treatment(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The new Tarmac has a D-shaped seatpost and seat tube, reminiscent of a BMC(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Just three days into the race, and Sagan has already put his name on the 2017 Tour(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Sagan's teammates are all on black Tarmacs, which were just introduced at the start of the 2017 Tour de France(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
The new Tarmac isn't an all-out aero bike, but Sagan still finds a way to make it get across the line first(Image credit: Ben Delaney/Immediate Media)
Specialized is claiming the new S-Works Tarmac frame weighs 733g in a size 56cm. Specialized will be selling a few models, with the top build weighing a claimed 6.2kg/13.7lb when built up with Roval CLX32 wheels, ee brakes and a special paint job that only adds 10g.
Sagan can't race a bike that light, of course, per UCI rules. His mechanics keep his bike at regulation 6.8kg/14.99lb with Roval CLX50 wheels and a standard Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 with direct-mount calipers. His 4iiii power meter only adds a few grams.
Sagan uses Specialized's Aerofly bar with bare tops — the way the aero engineers like to see it — and a Zipp SL Sprint stem with its logos covered with electrical tape.
Along with the special iridescent paint job and matching saddle from Specialized, Sagan gets another personalised touch with a custom Garmin mount from K-Edge.
Check out the gallery above for a closer look at the new Specialized S-Works Tarmac of world champion and Tour de France stage 3 winner Peter Sagan.
