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CULOZ, France -- Jarlinson Pantano had just gotten off the podium after his stage victory award in the Tour de France on Sunday when he was handed an audio connection to Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos. Ecco Mens Dress Shoes Clearance .Hola presidente, Pantano said.It was a day filled with dramatic moments for the rider for the small IAM team, which announced in May that it will fold at the end of this season after failing to find a second sponsor.Part of an early breakaway in the grueling 15th stage through the Jura Mountains, Pantano dropped behind Polish climber Rafal Majka on the final climb, only to catch up again when Majka made a mistake in the descent and nearly rode off the road.In only his second season in the top tier of pro cycling, Pantano finished fourth overall in the Tour de Suisse last month after winning the last stage.Last season, the climber from Cali finished 19th overall in his first Tour.Now he has a win in cyclings biggest event.Last year was about learning to ride as a professional, Pantano said through a translator. Now Im putting to use all that Ive learned.There have been thousands of Colombian fans lining the road during the Tour, although most of them came to see two-time Tour runner-up Nairo Quintana, who sits fourth overall, 2:59 behind race leader Chris Froome.I know that Im not the only Colombian climber in the peloton, Pantano said. There are a lot of them. ... Nairo is really strong and hes still capable of winning.Pantano, who is 27th overall and more than 40 minutes behind Froome, made headlines earlier in the race when he borrowed an umbrella from a fan during a hailstorm in Andorra.Hes looking for a new team for next season.I have a lot of proposals but well talk about that in August, Pantano said.Meanwhile, IAM sporting director Kjell Carlstrom celebrated the teams biggest ever win.We knew this stage was perfect for him, Carlstrom said. We just said to him that he needs to keep on fighting. We knew Majka would probably go away on the climb, so (we said) just keep him in sight. 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NEW YORK -- No matter how much Tom Thibodeau screamed, his Minnesota Timberwolves clearly arent hearing his message about defense.Kenny Atkinson sure liked what he saw from his offense.Brook Lopez scored 26 points, and the Brooklyn Nets kept the Timberwolves winless on the road with a 119-110 victory Tuesday night.The Nets shot 55.3 percent from the field and had eight players with at least nine points, the kind of movement and involvement that Atkinson wanted to bring to Brooklyn from his time as an Atlanta assistant.Were sharing the wealth a little more and in the perfect Utopian motion system, thats what it should look like, where its really everybodys touching it, Atkinson said.It led to a surprisingly easy offensive performance against a young Wolves team that clearly hasnt yet grasped Thibodeaus defensive schemes.Thibodeau, whose teams in Chicago were among the NBAs strongest defensively, said 110 points is more than enough to win.Unless we correct the defensive end, its going to be a struggle, he said. That has to become a priority by everyone, otherwise nothing positive is going to happen.Trevor Booker added 15 points and Sean Kilpatrick had 14 for the Nets.Andrew Wiggins scored a career-high 36 points for the Wolves, making a career-best six 3-pointers. Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points, but scoring wasnt the problem for Minnesota.The Wolves are 0-4 on the road and just 1-5 overall.We keep hearing were young, thats why were playing the way we play, Towns said. Thats not the reason. Were just not executing.It was close most of the way, neither team having much luck stopping the other, and the Nets lead was just two after Wiggins jumper with 56 seconds left. Bojan Bogdanovic then made a 3-pointer with 37 seconds to go for a 115-110 lead, and Isaiah Whitehead and Bogdanovic closed it out with free throws.Without injured point guards Jeremy Lin (strained left hamstring) and Greivis Vasquez (sore right ankle), the Nets got a scare in the first quarter when starter Whiteheadd had to leave the game after he fell onto the court and Gorgui Dieng accidentally stepped on his face. Ecco Irondale Neo Sneaker. But the second-round draft pick from Brooklyn was able to return shortly after and had six points, seven rebounds and seven assists.Thats the toughness we need and thats the definition of Brooklyn grit right there, Lopez said.The Nets shot 62 percent in the first half and led 66-65 despite 19 points from Towns.TIP-INSTimberwolves: The Timberwolves lost for just the fifth time in the last 15 meetings. ... Wiggins previous career-bests were 35 points and four 3-pointers.Nets: Randy Foye made his Nets debut after beginning the season with a strained right hamstring, scoring three points. ... Bogdanovic and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson each had 13 points.EAST MEETS WESTThe Nets were playing their first Western Conference opponent in their seventh game, the longest they had gone into a season since moving to Brooklyn in 2012. The Wolves were playing their first East team.SKILLED KILPATRICKThe Timberwolves once signed Kilpatrick in part because they were so short-handed they needed another player just to meet NBA rules of having eight in uniform, and he was playing in the NBA Development League close enough to arrive on time. Now he entered the game as the NBAs highest-scoring reserve with 17 points per game.Hes still the guy that would get in a car and go to any game at any place, Atkinson said. That guy, hes just a competitor. 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