Check out Julian Alaphilippe's new custom painted world champ Tarmac SL7

The jersey might be staying the same, but Alaphilippe’s Tarmac SL7 certainly isn’t

Julian Alaphilippe’s World Champ’s bike
(Image credit: Deceuninck–Quick-Step)

After soloing to victory with such flamboyant style at the 2021 World Championship road race in Leuven, Belgium, it was naturally only a matter of time until Julian's Alaphilippe's win was commemorated in a custom paint job on his Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7.

The bike gets its debut today at the Milano–Torino semi-Classic – preparation for the final Monument of the season, the ‘race of the falling leaves’, Il Lombardia.

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