Cycle semantics
For those jonesin' for a big adventure:
Versus’ coverage of the third annual Amgen Tour of California 650-mile, eight cycling race starts Sunday with the prologue at Stanford University at 2 p.m. Stage 1 (Sausalito to Santa Rosa) is, as are all the first five legs, at 8 p.m. Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen and Bob Roll provide the Tour de France-quality commentary. Versus.com will also have video highlights, photos and analysis. Locally, the stages of note are Stage 5 on Feb. 22 (Solvang time trial), at 8 p.m. The Saturday and Sunday legs next weekend, from Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita, and then Santa Clarita to Pasadena, are each at 2 p.m., with portions of it live.