Specialized Tarmac SL2

The interim aluminum frame that Specialized provided for its Quickstep-Innergetic superstar Tom Boonen made another appearance at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré… only this time it was relegated to spare duty atop the team car. Specialized not only made good on its promise of building Boonen a new carbon frame with a longer geometry, but went a step further by providing him with an all-new machine wholly different from the standard S-Works Tarmac SL it replaces.

The new frame, apparently dubbed the S-Works Tarmac SL2, appears ideally suited for a powerful sprinter like Boonen with an altogether stouter construction. As compared to the Tarmac SL, the SL2's top tube, down tube, and chain stays are substantially larger in diameter, and the seat stays abandon the S-bend in favour of a straight shot from the seat cluster down to the dropouts.

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