Our last three World Champions Lisa Tertsch, Cass Beaugrand and Beth Potter were set to line up for the start of the 2026 season at WTCS Samarkand on 25 April. An Olympic Champion-sized late-withdrawal shook things up, as did an early bike crash, and it was a hot and hectic day of racing in Uzbekistan!


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