On the line, located at an altitude of 957 meters, preceded teammate Froome 30 seconds to become the first British winner of the event since Chris Boardman in 1996.

"We agreed with Chris," said Holder, who won two weeks ago in Paris-Nice. "He came to that which had good legs to attack. When there was a gap behind him, nobody reacted. He must have continued effort. "

"Froomie" second last year's Tour de France, endorsed with visible pleasure he hopes the yellow jersey wearing next summer in the 100th edition of the Tour which will start on June 29 Porto Vecchio.

"This course has allowed me to see how I could have confidence in my team for the Tour," said the Briton. "We answered all attacks", including the offensive by Thomas Voeckler 60 kilometers from the finish in order to anticipate the rise of the Ospedale.

In this ascent, everything went according to a predictable scenario when training are presented Sky superior army. Even if all collective dominance is not necessarily good news in cycling, still traumatized by events such as numbers Gewiss team in the Flèche Wallonne 1994, the armada Festina then or in the U.S. Postal Tours of the time Armstrong.