Chris Froome (Sky) described what winning the Tour de France was all about and outlined his ambition to claim more yellow jerseys in the years to come.

"This Tour really has had everything thrown at us. It is only fitting for the 100th edition that it really has been a special edition," Froome said according to the Sky website.

For the past three weeks Froome has consistently outpaced his rivals in every discipline of the race, and the superior nature of his victory indicates he could go on to dominate the Tour in a manner similar to former legends such as Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault.

Froome insists that will be dependent on the courses of future Tours, and the decisions of the team's performance staff, but admits he is keen to establish a legacy in the race. At 28, Froome feels that his age is perfectly suited for a future domination of La Grande Boucle.

"I would love to come back and keep targeting the Tour every year," he said. "I am 28 now. Most cyclists come into their prime around their early 30s.”

More yellow jerseys

"I would love to come back and keep contending for the Tour as long as I can and as long as I have the motivation."

Froome admitted the realisation that he had finally won the Tour de France dawned on him just short of the hors-categorie climb to Annecy-Semnoz.

By that time he had already dropped closest rival Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff) and the race for overall victory was effectively over and for Froome it hardly mattered that Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Joaquím Rodriguez (Katusha) crossed the finish line ahead of him on the last summit finish of the race.

He added: "In those last couple of kilometres, I had an overwhelming feeling of, 'I have actually done this, I am in yellow, this is the last days for the GC', and no one was going to take that away from me in the last 2km.

"It was a very emotional feeling - just that greater realisation of what I have achieved here."

Depending on the future planning inside the Sky camp and the parcours dictated by the Tour de France organization, could cycling be in for half a decade of Froome-dominated Tour de France races?