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It was a sprint to the finish for Race Across the World contestants as they hurtled towards the southern most tip of India and the final checkpoint.

In a contest that has seen all four teams take the lead on different legs, it was a hard-fought battle in the last episode on BBC One on Wednesday night as the teams all vied to be first.

After 51 days on the road, there were just minutes separating the first three teams – even the last to reach the finish was only a few hours behind the winners.

Series five of the popular show has seen the participants race across China, Nepal, and India, travelling 14,100km through the world’s largest continent Asia without smartphones or bank cards.

Five pairs set out from the Great Wall of China at the start, but only four made it to the final, after the slowest team, Yin and Gaz, were eliminated after the third leg.

Brothers Melvin and Brian, sisters Elizabeth and Letitia, teenage couple Fin and Sioned, and mother and son Caroline and Tom were neck-and-neck towards the end of the final leg as they headed to watch the sun rise at Kanniyakumari in the very south of India.

Caroline and Tom set off on the final leg of the race with a six hours 54 minute lead over second place Elizabeth and Letitia.

And despite stopping for a bird safari on route, they still managed to arrive first at Kanniyakumari by taxi.

Caroline and Tom were the first to make it to the final checkpoint (Photo: Studio Lambert/BBC/PA)

Although 21-year-old Tom was worried he had spotted Fin and Sioned en route.

After receiving their first instructions to reach the tip of India, the mother and son duo raced through huge crowds of people trying to watch the sunrise to make it to the front of Our Lady of Ransom Shrine and then negotiated to get a boat for 1,000 rupees to Arockiapuram fishing village where they headed on foot to the Vattakottai Fort.

As they reached the entrance to the fort, Caroline asked, “Can you see anyone else, Thomas?” to which he said “no”.

Arriving at the signing-in book on top of the fort, they discovered they were the first to sign the book and had won the race.

Hugging in delight, Caroline, 60, said: “We must never doubt ourselves again. Ever, ever, ever.”

Sisters Elizabeth and Letitia arrived a close second (Photo: BBC/Studio Lambert)

Just 19 minutes behind them came sisters Elizabeth, 33, and Letitia, 26, closely followed by Fin, 18, and Sioned, 19, who took third place 45 minutes after the winners.

Reflecting on their position, Fin said: “We’ve done well.

“It would have been incredible to have come first, but obviously we can’t all come first… we’ve gone more than 12000km…”

Sioned added: “It’s been more than just the distance – it’s been a journey for us.”

Brothers Brian, 62, and Melvin 65, who started the final leg with a 17-hour disadvantage, arrived at the final checkpoint little over three hours after Caroline and Tom.

Brian said: “We’ve done very well actually. Really pleased for the guys that have won it.

“Beer?”

To which Melvin replied: “Desperately, and definitely!”

Brothers Brian and Melvyn had a 17-hour disadvantage in the final leg of the race (Photo: :BBC/Studio Lambert)

What do you get for winning Race Across the World?

Race Across the World requires competitors to spend 51 days on an arduous trek across a continent with just the cash equivalent of the air fare for the same journey.

They have no smartphones, no access to the internet or bank cards, and must reach eight different checkpoints along the way.

The first duo to reach the final checkpoint receives £20,000 in cash.

Caroline said: “It feels absolutely amazing. I’m so sad it’s come to the end, that is the worst bit about it.

“We’ve enjoyed being with everybody but my God this race has meant so much.

“We’ve learnt so much, we’ve enjoyed it, and to actually win it as well as to have the experience is the best thing that could have happened to us.”

While Tom said: “Doing the experience in itself is winning, but to actually get to that book first and open it and to see that it was empty was something that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.”

Discussing their plans for the winnings, Caroline said Tom plans to start a business inspired by his time in India.

But days on overnight buses, treacherous roads and sparsely-equipped hostels has also given them a taste for more travel.

“Mum and I want to go backpacking again so some of it will be used for that,” said Tom.

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