Dan Martin (Quick-Step Floors) is riding the Criterium du Dauphine aboard the as unreleased and unannounced Specialized Tarmac. The new frameset is vastly different from its predecessor and takes design features from both the existing Tarmac and aerodynamic Specialized Venge model.
Cyclingnews expects the Tarmac to be launched officially at the Tour de France next month alongside the latest Emonda from Trek. BMC also launched an updated Teammachine SLR01 earlier this week, whilst Team Sky began the 2017 season on the Pinarello Dogma F10.
Specialized have had three new frames approved by the UCI in 2017. Tom Boonen and his teammates used a rim brake Roubaix frameset during the cobbled Classics, although it is unclear if Specialized will produce this version of the frameset for general sale. In April of this year, Specialized submitted two further applications to the UCI, the Tarmac SL6 and the Tarmac 18 Disc.
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It is likely that Dan Martin's frame is the Tarmac SL6 and could be available to buy for the 2018 season, alongside the disc version of the frameset.
Specialized, for obvious reasons, chose to keep their response limited when contacted, "Specialized relies on feedback from professional athletes in developing and testing advanced pre-production products in real-world applications. Thanks to this top-level feedback some of these products, or elements of their designs, eventually show up in future retail product offerings. We call this Project Black."
Under UCI rules, all frames, forks and wheels must be approved for competition in the interests of safety and fair competition. The evidence therefore points to Martin's bike being the latest Tarmac frameset.
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