Matteo Trentin won stage seven of the Tour de France after edging out Peter Sagan in a sprint finish in Nancy.
The Omega Pharma - Quick-Step rider initially congratulated Cannondale's Sagan before a photo-finish confirmed he had won by the width of a tyre.
There was no change in the general classification, with Astana's Vincenzo Nibali remaining the overall leader.
Team Sky's Richie Porte and Tinkoff-Saxo rider Alberto Contador finished alongside Nibali in the main bunch.
The Italian continues to lead his team-mate Jakob Fuglsang by two seconds in the overall standings, with Sagan third, 44 seconds adrift.
Porte remains the highest-place rider of those likely to challenge Nibali, one minute 54 seconds back, while Contador is a further 43 seconds behind.
Friday's stage was not a day for the general classification riders though. All eyes were on Sagan with two small climbs in the final 20km expected to suit the 24-year-old who leads the green points jersey classification.
Indeed, the eight other riders in his Cannondale squad set the pace on the front of the peloton for much of the 234.5km (145.7 miles) race from Epernay - the second longest stage on this year's race.
A group of six riders broke clear early on but once their advantage had grown to four minutes, Cannondale took control, reduced their lead and kept it hovering between the two and three minutes mark.
By the time the race reached the first climb, a 3.2km ascent of Cote de Maron, the escapees had been caught and several riders tried to make counter-attacking breaks.
All were shut down until Sagan, whose team-mates had deserted him after expending all their energies earlier in the stage, made a break towards the top of the second and final climb with 5km remaining.
BMC Racing's Greg van Avermaet went with him but refused to help set the pace and the duo were caught inside the final 1.5km.
However, Sagan had enough of a kick to be involved at the finish but he was edged out by Trentin, who had benefitted from a couple of team-mates pacing him up the finishing straight.
The only consolation for Sagan is that he extended his lead in the green jersey classification to 113 points over France's Europcar rider Bryan Coquard in his quest to win the points race for a third successive Tour.
Stage seven result:
1. Matteo Trentin (Ita/Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) 5hrs 18mins 39secs
2. Peter Sagan (Svk/Cannondale) Same time
3. Tony Gallopin (Fra/Lotto-Belisol)
4. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Giant-Shimano)
5. Simon Gerrans (Aus/Orica GreenEdge)
6. Daniel Oss (Ita/BMC Racing)
7. Cyril Gautier (Fra/Europcar)
8. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra/IAM Cycling)
9. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel/Belkin)
10. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel/BMC Racing)
General Classification after stage 7:
1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) 29hrs 57secs 04secs
2. Jakob Fuglsang (Den/Astana) +2secs
3. Peter Sagan (Svk/Cannondale) +44secs
4. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol/Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) +50 secs
5. Tony Gallopin (Fra/Lotto-Belisol) +1:45secs
6. Richie Porte (Aus/Team Sky) +1min 54secs
7. Andrew Talansky (US/Garmin) +1min 56secs
8. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +2mins 11secs
9. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) Same time
10. Rui Costa (Por/Lampre)
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