Julian Alaphilippe’s Specialized S-Works Tarmac Disc, on which he rode into the yellow jersey with his solo win on the first Monday of the Tour de France comes in black with the deep blue accents of his Deceuninck – Quick-Step team’s colours.
Alaphilippe’s bike is kitted out with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset, a cockpit from Shimano’s Pro component brand and wheels from Specialized’s Roval brand, shod with Specialized’s own S-Works Turbo 26mm tyres.
Shimano Dura-Ace power meter on Alaphilippe's bike
The latest S-Works Tarmac comes with disc brakes only, and Alaphilippe has 160mm front and 140mm rear rotors. They’re mounted to Roval CLX 50 Disc carbon wheels, which spin on CeramicSpeed low friction bearings.
Specialized 26mm tyres on Roval 50mm deep wheels on Alaphilippe's S-Works Tarmac
Alaphilippe sits on an S-Works Romin Evo saddle with Specialized’s Fact carbon rails. There’s a central cut-out, which Specialized says is designed to maximise blood flow when riding for extended periods in an aero position.
Alaphilippe's Specialized S-Works Romin Evo saddle sits on carbon rails
Whereas the retail version of the S-Works Tarmac Disc in Dura-Ace Di2 spec comes with Specialized’s own S-Works Power Cranks, with their built-in power meter and running in CeramicSpeed bottom bracket bearings, Alaphilippe’s bike has a Dura-Ace power meter chainset.
The Wolf Pack detail on Alaphilippe's fork blade
Detailing on Alaphilippe’s bike includes the legend “The Wolf Pack” on the inside edge of the fork blades. The name that the Deceuninck – Quick-Step team calls itself is also reflected on a stylised wolf’s head logo on the top tube.
...and a wolf logo on the top tube
Red white and blue K-Edge computer mount finishes the deal
The S-Works Tarmac is the same bike ridden by Peter Sagan and his Bora-Hansgrohe team. The bike retails at £9500 kitted out with Shimano-Dura-Ace Di2, or an extra £500 makes it a round ten grand for the Sagan Collection bike.
All photos: Dan Gould for Cycling Weekly
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Paul started writing for Cycling Weekly in 2015, covering cycling tech, new bikes and product testing. Since then, he’s reviewed hundreds of bikes and thousands of other pieces of cycling equipment for the magazine and the Cycling Weekly website.
He’s been cycling for a lot longer than that though and his travels by bike have taken him all around Europe and to California. He’s been riding gravel since before gravel bikes existed too, riding a cyclocross bike through the Chilterns and along the South Downs.
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