This article was originally published on Cyclingnews.
Alberto Contador used a unique pair of unbranded shoes on his way to winning the Giro d’Italia, with the black shoes seemingly a lighter and less structured model compared to the fluorescent Specialized S-Works road shoes used by his Tinkoff-Saxo teammates.
Specialized refused to reveal any details of the shoes but Cyclingnews captured several photos at stage starts. Other images show him in action while wearing the shoes.
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The photos clearly show the differences between the current S-Works road shoe and Contador’s Giro d’Italia winning footwear. Danish rider Chris Juul-Jensen uses a more relaxed Audax model from Specialized to give him a more comfortable fit but Contador’s shoes seem to be a custom design perhaps to satisfy his own requirements.
The upper material on the inside of the shoe is definitely different than the current Specialized S-Works model
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