11 July 2005
- Baseball: Home Run Derby
- Bobby Abreu, representing his home country of Venezuela and the Philadelphia Phillies, hits a record 24 home runs in the first round and a total of 41 to win the annual contest at Detroit's Comerica Park.
- Cycling: Tour de France
- A rest day. Action would resume the next day.
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