Milan Fretin‘s Look 795 Blade RS 3 for the Tour de France is stunning – but does the paint really weigh 200g?

Belgian sprinter Milan Fretin is aboard Look’s recently launched 795 Blade RS 3 at the 2026 Tour de France. There have been slim pickings for the sprinters so far in this year's Tour. However, the Cofidis rider placed eighth on stage 5, won by Olav Kooij of Decathlon CMA CGM, 13th on stage 7 and 10th on stage 8, both won by Sodal Quick–Step’s Tim Merlier.

Fretin’s 795 Blade RS 3 has Look’s stunning Iconic Prism colourscheme, also available to purchase as a limited edition. The team rides a black version of the bike, too. A

head of the Tour’s Grand Départ in Barcelona, we weighed Fretin’s bike at 7.45kg, which is slightly on the heavy side for a lightweight all-rounder, although at 182cm tall, Fretin will be riding a larger-size frame.

In comparison, we weighed the Ridley prototype all-rounder built up for Tobias Johannessen at 6.9kg, although Remco Evenepoel’s Tarmac SL9 in a smaller size than Fretin’s bike did weighed 7.11kg.

We were curious how much the black Look 795 Blade RS 3 would weigh. The answer is 7.26kg, a whole 200g less than Fretin’s bike. Is that all paint? Probably not, because the black bike is a smaller size than Fretin’s and was also set up tubeless, while Fretin’s bike had inner tubes. 

In any case, Look says the third-generation frameset is 160g lighter than the previous generation and can be built up to a 6.9kg bike weight. 

Designed for real-world riding

Look claims the new 795 Blade RS 3 maintains a consistent drag figure across yaw angles up to 15 degrees and in turbulent airflow, so it’s 15 watts more aero than its predecessor in real-world riding conditions.

It has modelled stage 19 of this year’s Tour de France, which covers 128km from Gap to Le Bourg-d’Oisans with 3,500m of elevation gain and claims a rider would be 2mins 27secs faster than on the previous-generation bike.

Look has also redesigned the 795 Blade RS 3’s cockpit, with a shape to the tops that enables riders to maintain a more aero position for longer.

Fretin has a 140mm equivalent stem length and fairly narrow 370mm bar width. The Campagnolo hoods have an in-built curve that places them 310mm apart inside-to-inside, which complies with the UCI’s 280mm minimum hood-to-hood distance.

Fretin sits on a Selle Italia SLR Boost Pro Team Kit Carbonio Superflow saddle with a 130g claimed weight. He prefers the standard padding rather than the 3D-printed saddle tops that are chosen by many pros, including Tadej Pogačar.

The only team on Campagnolo

Again this year, Cofidis is the only team using Campagnolo components. Fretin is running a Campagnolo Super Record 13 groupset with 56/44t chainrings and a 10-33t cassette – big gears, but suitable for a fast finisher. 

While most teams are using power meter cranks, Fretin has team sponsor Look’s Keo Blade Power power meter pedals with a standard Campagnolo carbon crankset and 170mm cranks rather than its HPPM power meter spider.

Cofidis rides on Campagnolo Bora Ultra WTO Team Edition wheels, which on Fretin’s bike are the 45mm-depth version with a claimed 1,325g weight per set. They have Campagnolo’s CULT ceramic bearings, while the 2-Way Fit rims don’t need taping, avoiding extra weight. 

Fretin is running nominally 28mm Vittoria Corsa Pro TLR tyres. On the 23mm internal-width rims, we measured the rear at 29.6mm and the front at 29.3mm.