Fabian Cancellara, the Swiss time trialist who pops up just about every year right around now, shocked no one and won the Prologue in Monaco. It was a hillier affair than perhaps anyone is all that used to, but that didn’t knock many big names from the leaderboard, which is as follows (courtesy of VeloNews):

• 2. Alberto Contador Astana in 19:50 
• 3. Bradley Wiggins Garmin - Slipstream in 19:51 at 00:19 
• 4. Andréas KlÖden Astana in 19:54 at 00:22 
• 5. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto in 19:55 at 00:23 
• 6. Levi Leipheimer Astana in 20:02 at 00:30 
• 7. Roman Kreuziger Liquigas in 20:04 at 00:32 
• 8. Tony Martin Team Columbia - Htc in 20:05 at 00:33 
• 9. Vincenzo Nibali Liquigas in 20:09 at 00:37 
• 10. Lance Armstrong Astana in 20:12 at 00:40

Andy Schleck, Dave Zabriskie and Christian Vande Velde could all be found in the next 10 as well. In other words, the racing starts tomorrow.