Who Will Win Race Across The World 2024?
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Following another exhilarating episode of Race Across The World on Wednesday night, the competition is the closest it has ever been.
It's all change on betting sites as a result of the latest leg, which didn't start well for best mates Alfie and Owen.
The episode began with the pair still to arrive at the fourth checkpoint, Mae Sariang, and they began the journey to fifth checkpoint Koh Phi Phi a massive 11 hours 27 minutes behind leaders Stephen and Viv.
Alfie and Owen had been one-and-a-half hours ahead of mother-and-daughter pair Eugenie and Isabel when they reached the third checkpoint.
Upon finally making it to Mae Sariang, Owen admitted the best pals had gone from "hero to zero" in the space of five or six days.
On Wednesday night, the pairings were tasked with travelling the length of Thailand to reach the beautiful island of Koh Phi Phi, and it proved to be a thrilling leg. Only two hours and 10 minutes now separate first and fourth.
New Leaders In The Race
Sister-and-brother pair Betty and James now top the market on specials betting sites after they reached the latest checkpoint in front for the first time in the series.
The pair are 6/4 favourites, from 5/1 outsiders, to win the race after they reached Koh Phi Phi before the other three pairings.
They rode their luck throughout the leg, after nearly missing their 11-hour bus to Bangkok, which would have set them back.
Fortunately, they made it, but even so, they were only the third team to leave Bangkok.
Just before heading to Koh Phi Phi, the teams were given the option of a ferry or a much faster speedboat, and Betty and James chose the latter, in contrast to the other teams.
However, it paid off as they reached the checkpoint first, and Betty admitted she was "so shocked" that the siblings, who have been in third place throughout the race, were first, and said it was nice to know they could do it.
Foot Race To The Finish
Owen and Alfie started off at the fourth checkpoint - halfway through the race - more than 11 hours behind then-leaders Stephen and Viv, but they ended the journey to the fifth checkpoint in a foot race with them.
Stephen and Viv just pipped them to the checkpoint after disembarking their bus first, but both teams are now just 14 minutes behind leaders Betty and James.
As a result, Owen and Alfie are now 2/1 on betting apps to win the race, narrowly ahead of 3/1 shots Stephen and Viv.
Pals Owen and Alfie were delighted with their efforts after taking a calculated risk at the very beginning of the journey.
After starting later than the others, they chose to wait 21 hours in Mae Sariang for a bus to Bangkok rather than get on the move and go somewhere they didn't want to go for the sake of it.
Their risk paid off straight away as they reached Bangkok before Isabel and Eugenie, despite starting 11 hours after them.
Later in the journey, they met Stephen and Viv on the ferry so knew they had made up more than 11 hours, much to the couple's frustration.
During the latest leg, Stephen and Viv stopped off just outside Bangkok to do a job herding ducks, but they were still the first to reach Bangkok.
Later on, they were disappointed to see Owen and Alfie on the ferry to Koh Phi Phi because they knew their lead had gone, but they are determined to get it back in the next episode.
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Refund or free bet when one selection in an accumulator lets the bet down
Refund or free bet when one selection in an accumulator lets the bet down
Eugenie And Isabel's Quality Time
Eugenie and Isabel started Wednesday night's episode just two minutes behind then-leaders Stephen and Viv, but they fiinished the leg in fourth position.
Following their fall from grace, the mother-and-daughter pair are now propping up the market on new betting sites at 7/2, but there were plenty of positives to take for Eugenie and Isabel.
When travelling to the fourth checkpoint they constantly clashed, but they got along better en route to checkpoint five.
During the journey, they went off track to travel to a picturesque waterfall, despite taking three separate bus connections away from Bangkok.
However, they were able to spend some quality mother-daughter time together there.
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Refund or free bet when one selection in an accumulator lets the bet down
Refund or free bet when one selection in an accumulator lets the bet down
Upon reaching Koh Phi Phi, Eugenie was "disappointed" to find out they were in fourth position, but she enjoyed spending time with Isabel on the leg.
Despite being last, the pair are still only two hours and 10 minutes behind leaders Betty and James.
As Alfie and Owen, and Stephen and Viv, have shown previously in the race, that is nothing.
* Reminder: These are hypothetical odds provided by industry experts.
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