July 2005 in Sports - 22 July 2005

22 July 2005

• Auto racing:
  • Formula One: All seven Michelin teams are cleared of wrongdoing after the two "guilty" verdicts against them from the instances of the 2005 United States Grand Prix are overturned. (F1.Racing-Live.com)
• Ice hockey
  • The National Hockey League board of governors unanimously ratifies the new NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement, formally ending the lockout that cancelled the 2004–05 NHL season. The league unveiled a new version of their logo, made sweeping rules changes, many adopted by the American Hockey League in 2004 to bring increased offense to the game, and held a draft lottery to determine the selection order for the July 30 Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the right to select Sidney Crosby first overall. NHL.com web site
• Cycling: Tour de France
  • Stage 19, 153.5 km (95.4 mi) from Issoire to Le Puy-en-Velay. A four-man group which broke away after 34 km made it all the way to the finish. Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile team) won in 3h 33m 04s, his second TdF stage win after Alpe d'Huez in 1999, followed within 10 seconds by Sandy Casar, Franco Pellizotti and Óscar Pereiro. In the provisional General Classification this stage pushes Óscar Pereiro into 10th place overall, the procession still being led by Lance Armstrong (81h 22m 19s), followed by Ivan Basso at +2m 46s, Michael Rasmussen at +3, 46s, Jan Ullrich at +5m 58s, Francisco Mancebo at +7m 08, Levi Leipheimer at +8m 12s, Cadel Evans at +9m 49s, Alexandre Vinokourov at +10m 11s, Floyd Landis at 10m 42s and Pereiro Sio at 12m 39s. Saturday's stage is the 55.5 km individual time trial starting and ending in Saint-Étienne. (Le Tour)