Stage 5
Today’s stage was full of climbs and the decision was made for me to get in the break and try to get a stage win since I was no longer in contention overall. The attacks began right away and I followed but couldn’t help take a quick look at the lake.
I was in a group of 9 riders including another Irish man Philip Deignan. We maintained a constant gap of about 3 minutes.
Soler was the first of the favorites to attack and surprisingly none of the other favorites followed. He eventually caught up to our group, and despite his efforts, couldn’t drop us. After a while riders began to drop and because I wasn’t on good form, I was one of the first to go. Eventually Soler was alone in the lead.
Soler held a gap of over 2 minutes on the guys chasing and he would go on to win the stage and take the leader’s jersey.
I managed to finish in the peloton and moved up a few of places in the standing. Hesjedal maintained 2nd place but is 2 minutes behind Soler.
Stage
1 Mauricio Soler Barloworld 4h20'19
2 Dani Moreno Caisse d'Epargne + 2'18
3 Philip Deignan Cervélo Test Team + 3'43
4 Johann Tschopp Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
5 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
6 Clément Lhotellerie Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
7 Matteo Carrara Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team s.t.
8 Evgeni Petrov Team Katusha s.t.
9 Amael Moinard Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
10 Ricardo Serrano Fuji - Servetto s.t.
11 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
12 Simon Spilak Lampre - N.G.C s.t.
13 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux s.t.
14 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Cycling Team s.t.
15 Pavel Brutt Team Katusha s.t.
16 José Iván Gutiérrez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
17 Josep Jufré Fuji - Servetto s.t.
18 Jakob Fuglsang Team Saxo Bank s.t.
19 Juanma Gárate Rabobank s.t.
20 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia - High Road s.t.
21 Egoi MartÃnez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
22 John Gadret AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
23 Angel 'Litu' Gómez Fuji - Servetto s.t.
24 Pietro Caucchioli Lampre - N.G.C s.t.
25 René Mandri AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
64 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
General Classification
1 Mauricio Soler Barloworld 13h30'22
2 Ryder Hesjedal Garmin - Slipstream + 1'56
3 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank + 2'00
4 Koos Moerenhout Rabobank + 2'18
5 Jurgen Van Goolen Team Saxo Bank + 2'21
6 Maxime Monfort Team Columbia - High Road + 2'22
7 Marco Pinotti Team Columbia - High Road + 2'24
8 Evgeni Petrov Team Katusha + 2'27
9 Pavel Brutt Team Katusha + 2'32
10 Dani Moreno Caisse d'Epargne + 2'33
11 Juanma Gárate Rabobank + 2'36
12 Jakob Fuglsang Team Saxo Bank + 2'38
13 José Rubiera Astana Cycling Team + 2'39
14 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank + 2'40
15 Sandy Casar Française des Jeux + 2'48
16 Johann Tschopp Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 2'55
17 Maxim Iglinskiy Astana Cycling Team + 2'56
18 Simon Spilak Lampre - N.G.C s.t.
19 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia - High Road s.t.
20 Alexandre Botcharov Team Katusha + 2'57
21 Sébastien Joly Française des Jeux + 3'00
22 Pietro Caucchioli Lampre - N.G.C + 3'06
23 Tanel Kangert AG2R La Mondiale + 3'07
24 Jesús Hernández Astana Cycling Team s.t.
25 Mathieu Sprick Bbox Bouygues Télécom + 3'09
62 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream + 5'17
You'll see by the Dauphine Libere that I still can't contend with the best. Well not this year. 
