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WorldTour team Cofidis announced a multi-year sponsorship deal with Look, starting in 2023. And the wheels will be from Corima – also a famously French brand.
This isn’t the first time Look and Cofidis have joined forces: the team rode Look bikes from 2009 to 2014 before switching to Orbea and then De Rosa in 2020.
In the interim, Look-sponsored Pro Conti team Fortuneo from 2014 to 2018, launching the original 5.9kg rim-brake 785 Huez RS during that time.
Cofidis’s wheels will continue to be supplied by Corima, the team’s existing wheel sponsor.
Last March both Look and Corima withdrew their partnership and technical support of the Gazprom-RusVelo team after the Ukraine invasion and have wisely decided to invest closer to home.
Now, with both brands equipping Cofidis, we are about to see a very French set-up in action.
At the moment the groupset supplier has not been confirmed: Cofidis used Campagnolo components with their De Rosa bikes but the new bikes are fitted with Shimano Dura-Ace.
The bikes Cofidis will have at their disposal will be the lightweight 785 Huez RS, the 795 Blade RS aero bike, and for time trials, the awesomelooking 796 Monoblade RS.
The brand most recently launched a new 765 Optimum, its endurance bike platform, and we’re anticipating a new race bike or two which will no doubt be developed with and for the Cofidis team.
The new partnership will cover the Cofidis men’s WorldTeam as well as the women’s Continental Pro and UCI Paracycling teams.
Look will also supply its Keo Blade Ti pedals, as used continuously by Cofidis since 2010. As f
