Alberto Contador's Specialized Tarmac

Alberto Contador rides a Specialized Tarmac with plenty of custom touches.

He's won the Giro D'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España in his illustrious career, and Contador has a special paint job to symbolise this.

Other little touches include a slightly non-standard FSA chainset - 53/38 - and El Pistolero also chooses mechanical Dura-Ace as opposed to the more widely used electronic version.

We think this bike is worthy of a champion - do you? Let us know in the comments down below!

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[Simply-canoeCoUk]

Great to see good old mechanical gear change still has its place, even in the pro peloton.Nice one Berty!

[ashleyeaston]

Don't stop GCN. Keep bringing us more fantastic videos!

[TheWaxChainFanClub]

Comprehensive run down on a sweet bike, thanks Tom!

[joshiebrooks]

Is it just me or is every bike in the pro peloton... "one of my favourite bikes in the pro peloton" (Tom Last)

[elidouek]

On the subject of specialized, I just bought a pair of specialized enduro gloves and they are absolutely excellent in cold weather. Not trying to sound like a walking advertisement, but GO AND BUY THEM THEY ARE AMAZING

[Nugget_Pro_Racing]

1. The thing on the front fork is an SRM speed sensor as Bert is still on a PC7 and they don't have GPS for speed
2. The K-Edge mount isn't there to catch his chain, although it will do that. It's there because it houses the SRM magnet on the end of it.

[simonjohnston]

I like the fact that he runs mechanical shifters! Nice bit of tradition....

[bradleyosborne]

Tom, every other bike in the peloton is favourite by the looks of things

I bought an old tarmac s-works from 2007, I feel like I'm part of the club. Now I need to train like I deserve this thing.

[agleesb]

I've wondered about the bar tape, always looked massive on TV, so good to know that it is double wrapped and I'm not going mad.

Bang on 6.8?

[vegardaxelsen]

He did not say that it was one of his favorites in the pro peleton in the start of the video.

[HIGHVILLELAUNCHER]

How wide are those tires?? They look huge!

[MagliaNera]

1:57 bar tapes were wrapped from stem side.

[Orgakoyd]

Are we really looking down on mechanical DURA ACE?

[jimmyrustler]

0:48 don't you just love an FSA K- Force saddle?

[alphalobster]

Looks like a BTWIN Count 4+ speed sensor on the front :D

[tiagoschroder]

that you do not weighed and measured? WHY????

[captainchoochoo]

tom's laugh at the end of that sounded like really old rusty trolly wheels, maybe ask si for some of his WD40 ??

[kiely]

next time Matt gets to spend abit of time with Berty ask him why he runs Mechanical

[Spinna]

What about the ceramicspeed bearings he uses?