July 2005 in Sports - 5 July 2005

5 July 2005

  • Cycling: Tour de France
    • In the fastest team time trial ever, Team Discovery Channel wins Stage 4 of the Tour de France, between Tours and Blois, in a record 1:10:39, 2 seconds ahead of Team CSC. Lance Armstrong takes the maillot jaune away from David Zabriskie, who suffered a crash just outside of the 1 km-to go marker. Lance's Discovery Channel teammate, George Hincapie, is 2nd, 55 seconds back. Zabriskie is now ninth, more than a minute back of the six-time champion. (BBC) (Le Tour)

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