Many teams competing on the World Tour in 2022-2023 are trying to get used to their new equipment as sponsors change and loyalties shift. One such team is Cofidis, which competes on the French World Tour and is transitioning from De Rosa to Luc's French compatriot in the off-season.

The transition begins with the transportation of the bikes and the enormous amount of work for the mechanics. Team Jumbo Visma recently admitted that the work began in late October, with only a group set of 180 bikes to be swapped from Shimano to Sram. Cofidis mechanics will have spent the last few months working their way through bikes that technically do not yet exist and building a similar number of bikes for the Cofidis team.

The bike in question has not yet been released by Luc, but various riders, including Simon Geschke, Rachel Neylan, and the Team Cofidis Instagram account (opens in new tab), have, perhaps by accident and intentionally, been leaked to social media.

Thanks to the fairly clear images, we can see pretty clearly what this new look looks like. It looks good.

First of all, this is probably best categorized as an "aero all-rounder". It's not a pure aero bike like the Trek Madone or Cannondale Systemsix, but it does have some aero features, such as a reasonably deep head tube, a seat tube that wraps slightly around the rear wheel, and bladed seat stays. Besides the 796 Monoblade time trial bike, it is actually the only bike in the Look series to adopt this now-common feature of road bike design.

Speaking of common features, the dropped seatstays are just one of many that could have been pulled straight out of the Compendium of Modern Road Bike Design. First, it is a disc brake bike, a common sight on world tours, and is equipped with Shimano's Dura-Ace R9200 Di2 groupset. At the front, it has what appears to be an integrated bar and stem design (albeit with an oddly shaped junction), with fully integrated cabling and a centrally mounted out-front computer mount; there is also what appears to be a D-shaped seat post, secured at the top of the top tube by a forward It is secured by a wedge that is accessible from the top of the top tube.

Further south, on the non-drive side, the bottom bracket can be seen in this photo. By all appearances, this new look appears to have a rather sturdy bottom bracket joint.

"Seeing is believing," unfortunately, does not apply in all cases. Instead, the unconfirmed ones are as follows.

First, it is not known whether the bottom bracket is a press-fit or screw type. The SRM Origin 9 crank-type power meter mounted here has neither type, so we have no clue.

Tire clearance is also unknown. The Michelin Power All Seasons on this bike come in 23, 25, and 28c, and we don't know which one is installed. From this angle, they appear to have a reasonable amount of clearance, but without knowing the tire size, it is not easy to determine the total clearance. Still, it is a disappointment that this bike is not in the ball park set by other brands, which would be between 28mm and 32mm.

Another thing that is not clear from the images alone is the exact name of this bike. Also, the list of UCI-approved frames and forks (open in new tab) shows no new releases from the French brand. Both the 795 Blade RS aero bike and the 785 Huez lightweight bike were updated five years ago, so realistically it is time for an upgrade.

Given that this bike straddles two categories, we don't know which one Look is trying to replace, as Specialized did with the Tarmac Sl6 and Venge when they announced the Tarmac SL7.

However, similar to our recent article featuring the leaked Cannondale Super Six Evo 4, it appears that the bike is already painted in team colors and will be raced.