S-Works Tarmac SL8 LTD

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Edition

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2025 S-Works Tarmac SL8 LTD

Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Edition

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The S-Works Tarmac SL8 is the fastest race bike in the world thanks to a combination…

Only 500 Will Ever Be Made

S-Works Tarmac SL8 LTD: Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Edition

The S-Works Tarmac SL8 is the fastest race bike in the world. That’s why the top Formula One team in the world called cycling’s innovation and technology leader – Specialized – when they set their sights on cycling domination. There are two ways to get the team’s new Tarmac SL8: either line up for the 2024 Tour de France with Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe or be one of 500 lucky riders to get the team replica.

Pedal the Planet Forward

1974 to 2024: A 50-Year Tradition of Innovation

As Specialized celebrates its 50th Anniversary of innovating to improve riders’ lives, we have our sites set on the next half century and creating the future of cycling. Join us as we look back at five decades of innovation so we can continue to Pedal the Planet Forward together.

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Our Most Aero Race Bike Ever

Aero In Everything

After a decade of working in the Win Tunnel, our engineers put aero where it matters, not just where it looks good. The result? A new Nose Cone called the ‘Speed Sniffer’ helps the new Tarmac SL8 be 16.6 seconds faster over 40km than the Tarmac SL7. And yes, more aero than the Venge.

685 Gram Frameset

Minimum Weight, Maximum Aero

We saw how the lightest production road bike in the world - the Aethos - could marry blistering response in the mountains with a supple, all-day ride. The Tarmac SL8 took those learnings from Aethos to be easily built at the UCI minimum with a full aero set up.

Stiffer and Smoother

Goes Like Hell, Rides Like Heaven

The Tarmac SL8 delivers a massive 33% improvement in stiffness to weight vs the SL7, all while being 6% smoother in the saddle. With World Championship proven geometry and 32mm tire clearance, it adds up to an unprecedented ride quality.

The World’s Fastest Race Bike

The Tarmac SL 8 White Paper

Our Ride Science team tests our solutions versus the competition before a pedal is even turned. Through complex simulations of real world race routes with identical real world data, our Ride Science team knows the Tarmac SL8 is the fastest race bike ever made.

Read the White Paper

Front Loading Development

Aren’t You Glad Some Kids Stayed in Science Club?

Creating a bike more aerodynamic, 15% lighter, with a 33% improvement in stiffness-to-weight than the 4X World Championship winning Tarmac SL7 took more than an obsessive commitment to Innovate or Die. Our engineering team created an entirely new process.

Meet the Creators

Demi and Remco

Made in Racing

Since day one at Specialized, the rider has been the boss, so the best all arounders in the world - Remco Evenepoel, Demi Vollering - had a hand in developing and refining the Tarmac SL8. Ultimately, we co-created the fastest race bike in the world.

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Product Details

The S-Works Tarmac SL8 is the fastest race bike in the world thanks to a combination of aerodynamics, lightweight, and ride quality previously thought impossible. That’s why when the top Formula One team in the world set their sights on cycling domination, they called the sport’s innovation and technology leader—Specialized.

The S-Works Tarmac SL8 LTD: Red-Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Edition is your opportunity to ride an exact replica of the bike the new team will race at the 2024 Tour de France. The unstoppable ‘One Bike to Rule Them All’ performance of Tarmac SL8 meets Roval’s Rapide CLX II Team wheels and Rapide Cockpit, new SRAM RED AXS group, and S-Works Power Saddle with Mirror right down to the ultra-fast race day Turbo Cotton tires. Only 500 individually numbered bikes will ever be made, and they’ll go faster than Primoz chasing Tour glory. Don’t wait!

AERO IN EVERYTHING: We’re putting aero where it matters - the leading edge - not just where it looks good. In the process, we’ve created our most aerodynamic road bike ever. Yes, it’s more aero than the Venge. Clean air is optimized for maximum advantage with the Tarmac’s new nose cone—the Speed Sniffer. By moving the steer tube back - the tube that determines head tube width - the leading edge of the head tube can be much sharper, delivering a much lower drag shape. Utilizing new UCI rules, the Tarmac SL8 has the narrowest, most aero seat post we’ve ever made, ensuring fast-moving, dirty air around the legs can flow back more cleanly. Doesn’t victory smell sweet?
MINIMUM WEIGHT, MAXIMUM AERO: Tarmac SL8 took learnings from Aethos to be easily built at the UCI minimum with a full aero setup. The team delivered a mind-bending, scale-tickling 685-gram frame—15% lighter than the Tarmac SL7 and lighter than anything else on the World Tour*. With the ability to make lightweight a top priority in the down tube, seat tube, and rear of the bike, lessons from Aethos were applied. The frame’s shape carries load so efficiently that extra carbon stiffness layers become redundant. *Unless, of course, you count the time Kasper Asgreen raced our 585-gram Aethos frame during a Tour stage.
GOES LIKE HELL, RIDES LIKE HEAVEN: With massive gains in stiffness-to-weight - an improvement of 33% over the SL7 - the Tarmac SL8 takes legendary handling, aggressive responsiveness, and World Championship-proven geometry to the next level. The bike is stiffer at the pedals, more precise at the bars, and combines it with a compliant ride in the saddle that sets a new benchmark for race bike comfort. Thanks to our Rider-First Engineering, every rider, regardless of size, gets the same unprecedented ride quality and handling. In the saddle, the Tarmac SL8 delivers 6% more compliance, floating over rough roads with a supple feel unique in the high-strung world of race bikes. Tarmac’s proven geometry and 32mm tire clearance are identical to the SL7, ensuring easy adaptation and the versatility to run higher volume tires when needed.
S-Works Tarmac SL8 LTD: Red-Bull - BORA - hansgrohe Edition is spec’d with only the best components. A full SRAM RED AXS groupset - the lightest electronic group in the world - with a power meter and a Roval Rapide CLX II Team tubeless-ready wheelset is the perfect complement to the world’s fastest frame. A Roval Rapide cockpit to save weight and for the fastest possible leading edge.

Technical Specifications

Frameset

Frame

S-Works Tarmac SL8 FACT 12r Carbon, Rider First Engineered™, Win Tunnel Engineered, Clean Routing, Threaded BB, 12x142mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc

Suspension

Fork

S-Works FACT 12r Carbon, 12x100mm thru-axle, flat-mount disc

Cockpit

Handlebars

Roval Rapide Cockpit, Integrated Bar/Stem

Stem

Roval Rapide Cockpit, Integrated Bar/Stem

Tape

Supacaz Super Sticky Kush

Saddle

S-Works Power with Mirror

SeatPost

S-Works Tarmac SL8 Carbon seat post, FACT Carbon, 15mm offset

Seat Binder

Tarmac Integrated Wedge

Brakes

Rear Brake

NEW SRAM RED AXS, hydraulic disc

Front Brake

NEW SRAM RED AXS, hydraulic disc

Drivetrain

Shift Levers

NEW SRAM RED AXS, hydraulic disc, LTD

Front Derailleur

NEW SRAM RED AXS, braze-on

Rear Derailleur

NEW SRAM RED AXS, 12-speed

Cassette

NEW SRAM RED XG-1290, 12-speed, 10-33t

Crankset

NEW SRAM RED AXS Power Meter, LTD

Chainrings

48/35

Bottom Bracket

Ceramic Speed - DUB

Chain

NEW SRAM RED 12-speed

Wheels & Tires

Front Wheel

Rapide CLX II Team, Hooked, 700c, Disc Brake, Tubeless, 51mm-Depth, 21mm Internal Width, DT Swiss Aerolite II spokes, Ceramic Bearings

Rear Wheel

Rapide CLX II Team, Hooked, 700c, Disc Brake, Tubeless, 60mm-Depth, 21mm Internal Width, DT Swiss Aerolite II spokes, Ceramic Bearings

Front Tire

Turbo Cotton, 320 TPI, 700x26mm

Rear Tire

Turbo Cotton, 320 TPI, 700x26mm

Inner Tubes

Turbo Ultralight, 60mm Front, 80mm Rear, Presta valve

Accessories

Head Unit and Mount

K-Edge, LTD, Hammerhead Karoo III

Product Details

Product ID

279319

Weight

6.66 kg (14 lb, 10.9 oz)

Weight Size

* Weights based on production painted frames as pictured. Actual weights will vary based on colourway, frame size, and component variation. Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Geometry

	44	49	52	54	56	58	61
Crank Length	165mm	165mm	170mm	172.5mm	172.5mm	175mm	175mm
Handlebar Width	380mm	380mm	400mm	400mm	420mm	420mm	440mm
Stem Length	75mm	75mm	90mm	100mm	100mm	110mm	110mm
Saddle Width	155mm	155mm	155mm	143mm	143mm	143mm	143mm
Seatpost Length	300mm	300mm	300mm	380mm	380mm	380mm	380mm
Frame Stack	501mm	514mm	527mm	544mm	565mm	591mm	612mm
Frame Reach	366mm	375mm	380mm	384mm	395mm	402mm	408mm
Stack to Stem	509mm	522mm	535mm	552mm	573mm	599mm	620mm
Reach to Stem	363mm	372mm	377mm	381mm	393mm	400mm	406mm
Head Tube Length	99mm	109mm	120mm	137mm	157mm	184mm	204mm
Head Tube Angle	70.5°	71.75°	72.5°	73°	73.5°	73.5°	74°
BB Height	266mm	266mm	266mm	268mm	268mm	268mm	268mm
BB Drop	74mm	74mm	74mm	72mm	72mm	72mm	72mm
Trail	71mm	63mm	58mm	58mm	55mm	55mm	52mm
Fork Length, Full	370mm	370mm	370mm	370mm	370mm	370mm	370mm
Fork Rake/Offset	47mm	47mm	47mm	44mm	44mm	44mm	44mm
Front Center	572mm	574mm	577mm	579mm	592mm	606mm	613mm
Chainstay Length	410mm	410mm	410mm	410mm	410mm	410mm	410mm
Wheelbase	970mm	973mm	975mm	978mm	991mm	1006mm	1013mm
Top Tube Length, Horizontal	496mm	509mm	531mm	541mm	563mm	577mm	595mm
Bike Standover Height	723mm	735mm	746mm	768mm	786mm	808mm	834mm
Seat Tube Length	433mm	445mm	456mm	473mm	494mm	515mm	545mm
Seat Tube Angle	75.5°	75.5°	74°	74°	73.5°	73.5°	73°