July 21, 2004
- Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins Stage 16, an individual time trial up the mountain to L'Alpe d'Huez, the only rider to finish in less than 40 minutes. Ivan Basso loses 2 minutes 23 seconds on this stage, placing him 3 minutes and 48 seconds behind Armstrong (LeTour)
- UEFA Champions League 2004–05 First qualifying round, second leg (teams progressing to the next round in bold):
- Jeunesse Esch 1 – 0 FC Sheriff Tiraspol
- SK Tirana 0 – 1 FC Gomel
- HJK Helsinki 1 – 0 Linfield
- Rhyl 1 – 3 Skonto Riga
- HB Tórshavn 3 – 2 WIT Georgia Tbilisi
- FBK Kaunas 4 – 1 Sliema Wanderers
- Neftchi 1 – 0 Siroki Brijeg (Neftchi win on the away goals rule)
- Shelbourne 0 – 0 KR Reykjavik (Shelbourne win on away goals rule)
- NK Gorica 3 – 1 FC Flora Tallinn
- Pyunik 1 – 1 FK Pobeda (UEFA.com)
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