Tim Merlier doubled up to win stage eight of the Tour de France in a sprint finish and break the heart of lone escapee Liam Slock in Bergerac on Saturday.
Slock, who had gone clear with 40 kilometres of the 180km stage from Perigueux remaining, was caught just before the flamme rouge before another big show of strength from Merlier delivered a second stage win in as many days, while Tadej Pogačar stayed safe in the yellow jersey.
In similar scenes to Friday's stage into Bordeaux, Jasper Philipsen got a big leadout from Alpecin-Premier Tech team-mate Mathieu van der Poel but could not convert it into victory as Soudal-QuickStep's Merlier came from way back to power his way to the line.
With around 400 metres to go, the Belgian was several bike lengths back after a sharp right-hander and needed to close a short gap to get near to Philipsen, but his momentum carried him all the way to the line.
"It didn't feel (easy)," the Belgian said. "I needed to fight for my position all the time until the last minute. Before the corner I was a bit boxed in and then I almost crashed so I thought it was over.