Frenchman Tony Gallopin, of Lotto-Belisol, won stage 11 of the Tour de France from Besancon to Oyonnax.
Gallopin broke clear with about 1.5km to go and stayed clear with German John Degenkolb claiming second place in a sprint ahead of Italian Matteo Trentin.
The top of the general classification leaderboard remained unchanged.
Astana's Vincenzo Nibali keeps the yellow jersey as the overall leader - two minutes and 23 seconds ahead of Team Sky's Richie Porte.
Garmin-Sharp team leader Andrew Talansky was in tears as he fell more than 30 minutes behind and came close to elimination on the 187.5km (116.5 miles) stage.
The American stopped for four minutes on the roadside before continuing to the finish of the stage - encouraged by Garmin-Sharp manager Robbie Hunter in the team car.
He is now more than 47 minutes adrift of Nibali.
Gallopin told ITV4: "It's unbelievable, what can I say? Two days ago I was in yellow and it was the best day of my life. Then the next day I lost it and I was suffering.
"I saw they were not organised in the group, I went again and they were saying 'go go go' over the radio to me."
Stage 11 result
1. Tony Gallopin (France / Lotto-Belisol) 4:25:45
2. John Degenkolb (Germany / Giant) same time
3. Matteo Trentin (Italy / Omega Pharma - Quick-Step)
4. Daniele Bennati (Italy / Tinkoff - Saxo)
5. Simon Gerrans (Australia / Orica)
6. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spain / Movistar)
7. Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium / BMC Racing)
8. Samuel Dumoulin (France / AG2R)
9. Peter Sagan (Slovakia / Cannondale)
10. Kevin Reza (France / Europcar)
General classification after stage 11
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) 46:59:23
2. Richie Porte (Aus/Team Sky) +2mins 23secs
3. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +2mins 47secs
4. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) +3mins 01secs
5. Tony Gallopin (Fra/Lotto-Belisol) +3mins 12secs
6. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +3mins 47secs
7. Tejay van Garderen (US/BMC) +3mins 56secs
8. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra/AG2R) +3mins 57secs
9. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Belkin) +4mins 8secs
10. Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel/Lotto-Belisol) +4mins 18secs
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