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Paris-Roubaix tech: Update on Boonen's winning bike

The frame is essentially a hybrid of Specialized's S-Works Tarmac SL2 and Roubaix SL frames.

  • Boonen's name is an even hotter commodity now that he's won his second Paris-Roubaix.
  • Tom Boonen surged past Fabian Cancellara and Alessandro Ballan to win his second Paris-Roubaix
  • We had previously reported Boonen's machine to be a standard piece of kit. But It's anything but.
  • The badging suggests that this will be introduced as the 2009 S-Works Roubaix SL2.
  • The frame is essentially a hybrid of Specialized's S-Works Tarmac SL2 and Roubaix SL frames.
  • The new seat stay assembly includes a slightly less radical shape and elongated Zertz inserts.
  • The new fork also includes vibration-absorbing Zertz inserts…
  • …and the steerer clearly incorporates the tapered-and-oversized 1 1/8

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The frame is essentially a hybrid of Specialized's S-Works Tarmac SL2 and Roubaix SL frames.

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