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Javier Gomez’s 70.3 World Championship winning Specialized Shiv

Gomez in Action.

For his 70.3 World Championship debut, Javier Gomez rode a Specialized Shiv for the non drafting event, rather than his usual Specialized Tarmac. But not just any Shiv, Specialized put together a custom painted Shiv for the ITU superstar, and he promptly rode it to win the 70.3 World Championship just a week after clinching the ITU World Championship in Edmonton.  The paint scheme was developed by Andrio Abero, and features a turbine engine wherein fuel is turned to thrust. Click Gallery to enlarge and the “i” icon for caption info.[shareprints gallery_id=”10437″ gallery_type=”thumb_slider” gallery_position=”pos_center” gallery_width=”width_100″ image_size=”large” image_padding=”0″ theme=”light” image_hover=”false” lightbox_type=”slide” titles=”true” captions=”true” comments=”true” sharing=”true”]