Career Victory for Arseneau in Denver

on 06-17-2007 06:54

Team U.S. Handcycling’s Seth Arseneau (Albuqurque, NM) won today’s U.S. Paralympics and U.S. Handcycling National Road Race Championship on South Table Mountain today in Golden, CO. Today’s win is easily the biggest win in the 25-year-old handcycle racer’s career, and it gives hime two national titles in as many weeks (he won the criterium title in Arlington, VA on June 2nd). He becomes the only man to have beaten current World Champion, Alejandro Albor in more than 18 months, and the success will undoubtedly shine a bright spotlight on him and bring-up many questions about his plans for international competition later this summer. Arseneau has demonstrated that he is the best bike handler in the country by winning some big criteriums this year, and doing it by taking perfect lines in corners and utilizing his strength in the sprints. Today was no exception as he came out of the final turn in perfect position for a sprint and hung-on for the win in front of Albor, Scott McNeice, and Oz Sanchez.

Matt Updike once again asserted himself as the best of the best in a very competitive HCB race, and took a pretty convincing win over David Lee, Greg HOckensmith, and Todd Richardson, respectively. Brian Mitchell worked over the HCC1 field as he has been doing all season and bested Rafael Ibarra and David Randall, while James watson rocked everybody’s world with another 1st placed HCA finish in front of Harold (Leon ) Bostick and Scott Rimmer.

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