What has become such a toxic row over Boat Race eligibility will rumble on, but there can be no dispute just now about the dominant force once the talking stops and the rowing begins.
Just an hour after the Cambridge women had completed their eighth straight win in a controversial women’s race, the men delivered an even more crushing margin of victory to complete a hat-trick of wins.
It was a full 17 seconds between Cambridge crossing the line and a dejected Oxford crew also reaching the finishing point just before Chiswick Bridge.
Punching the water in delight and roaring in triumph, it was easy to suspect that the Cambridge crew had garnered particular motivation from the war of words that had erupted after key members of their crew were deemed ineligible due to a combination of the so-called ‘12-year rule’ and the omission this year of trainee teachers.
The start had earlier been delayed by 10 minutes due to a floating piece of wood in the Thames and, while Oxford matched Cambridge in the opening two minutes, Cambridge began to move decisively clear just past Craven Cottage before opening a race-winning lead by the time of Hammersmith Bridge.
03:29 PM BST
Up goes the Aberdeen Quaich trophy
03:25 PM BST
Watch the winning moment:
03:22 PM BST
A busy podium
Here’s Cambridge president, Lucy Havard, lifting the Newton Trophy. That will be particularly sweet given her disqualification from racing owing to the “Cracknell ruling”.
She’s now up there with the winning men’s squad with their Aberdeen ‘Quaich’, and both winning lightweight squads. All-court dominance for Cambridge!
03:18 PM BST
Trophy ceremony
The teams have lifted their trophies, the champagne has been sprayed... onto the crowd. Could’ve done with the alcohol’s cleaning properties in the water, where cox Ollie Boyne has not been thrown in.
03:16 PM BST
The ecstasy of winning:
03:15 PM BST
Hear from the losing Oxford crew
Oxford president, and Tokyo Olympic champion Tom Mackintosh:
Today didn’t go our way but i don’t really feel like we’ve lost. I’m very proud of all the effort our men and women have put in, they inspire me a lot.
The effort, commiment, and intensity they’ve brought to training has made it a real privilege to work with them. I’ll commend Cambridge, they out-did us today and full credit to them.
I’m proud to wear Dark Blue. I’ve been blessed to be part of some successess, but the beauty of this sport is the relationships you build, and they last longer than the results.
William O’Connell:
We had a good start, got to a good rhythm. Coming around that Fulham bend Cambridge really made the most of their advantage, then coming into that headwind they managed to stay steady, that’s how these races go.
We went as hard as we could, Cambridge just got the better of us.
03:08 PM BST
The winning moments
03:06 PM BST
“Sense of bewilderment”
A sense of bewilderment here in the Oxford camp with everyone around me asking the same question: “How do we turn the tide?” There are plenty of winners here from the naughties and the first women’s Boat Race on the Tideway in 2015 who know that we can do it. This procession in the Men’s Race is not something anyone wants to see.
Although I am proud to have prevented a Cambridge clean sweep [in yesterday’s veteran race], it is not a source of pleasure today to have stroked the only winning Oxford boat this weekend.
One thing that has always been true of Cambridge is that they are always greater than the sum of their parts. In our Veterans race we took a leaf out of their book - against a Cambridge crew with two Olympic medallists on board. We trained incredibly hard and also focused on recruitment. It’s different to the youngsters, I know, but we had great self-belief.
Somehow, the main Oxford squads have to get that sense of self-belief back too.
03:05 PM BST
Matt Heywood in tears
Matt Heywood, who was disqualified from racing today in February owing to a technicality around his PGCE qualification, is in tears, being hugged by his triumphant teammates.
03:03 PM BST
“I feel like Andy Murray”
Cambridge president Luca Ferraro
It’s an indescribable feeling, crossing the line ahead after so many months of hard graft. I’ve asked a lot of these guys this year and they’ve bloody delivered.
It’s the ultimate pay off.
It’s the start of September we come together as a group and start getting to work. All of those months you’re just thinking of this one day, this moment. It really is, in these races, one or two crunch points where you have to grab it and not let go. The guys did today and I’m really proud.
Not just our nine guys, but the whole team, it’s been a great weekend for Cambridge. Something reqally special is happening in our boathouse, it’s a great place to be.
George Bourne:
Well done to Oxford, thank you for the race. We just had such a nice press coming past Craven Cottage. We were really relaxed, really calm. You feel yourself start to move away and it’s the best feeling in the world, just awesome.
I feel like Andy Murray when he won Wimbledon! Ours is a different scale but we put in similar work, have the same bonds with our teammates. This is our Wimbledon, our Champions League.
Alluding to his omission from the Paris Olympics:
If I do anything else in my career and it feels as good as this it’s gone really well.
02:56 PM BST
Enormous winning margin
There are statisticians scrambling through the record books no doubt, but the murmurings are that this is one of the biggest gaps in Boat Race history:
02:54 PM BST
How much it means
Former Cambridge president Seb Benzecry is in tears on the BBC Coverage:
Just amazing to see. This race is so so meaningful to the people who row in it. Ollie Boyne is a three-time Goldie [reservist], to see him win today is the most amazing thing.
It’s been a hard season, that’s the most incredible row I’ve seen in a Boat Race
02:50 PM BST
Cambridge win The Boat Race
16 seconds is the winning margin, wow!! That’s two Boat Race wins, two reserve wins, and two lightweight wins for Cambridge, total dominance.
There has to be a psychological element to this, as Lebby touched upon earlier. As Oxford saw Cambridge attack early, there must’ve been a feeling of inevitability in the Boat.
02:47 PM BST
Result all but sealed...
Cambridge’s women opted not to throw cox Daniel Orton into the River, despite good weather suggesting it was safe to do so in the lead up. The weather is typically British for a typically British sporting event here. Overcast, wind chopping up the water.
On the water, Oxford need something unusual to happen to overturn this result. It was at this point last year when stroke Matt Edge blew out, this gap is big enough for Cambridge to mitigate for something as disastrous as that again. I’m sure they, and stroke Douwe de Graaf, would rather that not happen though.
Cambridge are likely outside of earshot of the Oxford crew, they’re a staggering 12 seconds ahead despite predictions of a close race this week.
02:43 PM BST
Cambridge dominating
Here’s an illustration of the pre-race uncertainty!
Nothing uncertain about Cambridge’s lead. They’ve sustained this round the Surrey bend, which should favour Oxford. The water is choppier here but Cambridge have yet to move across into Oxford’s lane despite the two second lead.
02:40 PM BST
Cambridge leading at halfway
As we round Surrey, and pass under Hammersmith bridge, Cambridge have opened a significant advantage. Roughly ten minutes to go, can they sustain this effort?
This is where history will play a factor, can Oxford put demons of the past six years behind them. 80-85% of Hammersmith Bridge leaders win the race. Cox Ollie Boyne urges his crew to row with “confidence” as they pass half way.
02:37 PM BST
The wooden culprit
02:36 PM BST
Oxford within range
That lead becomes 3/4 of a length, that won’t be enough round the Surrey bend. A mile gone and the crews aren’t in any danger of clashing... yet
02:34 PM BST
Cambridge slightly ahead
“Cambridge move!” Bellows Winckless, who won bronze for GB in the 2004 Olympics double sculls. Boyne obliges, no clash as Cambridge get a nose in front. It’s the natural advantage this early Middlesex bend offers.
02:32 PM BST
Finally away
Winckless is on her feet, and Oxford cox Tobias Bernard calls for further delay owing to some more wood in the water.
We’re finally away, 40 strokes a minute to begin with just 11 minutes late!
Oxford, in the Dark Blue, on the Surrey side so have the early disadvantage.
02:31 PM BST
Crowd on their toes...
....Albeit for Cambridge’s win earlier in the women’s race.
02:29 PM BST
Oxford praying for an upset
As Jonny Searle told me earlier, Cambridge men are strong favourites this year.
Oxford start on the Surrey station. As we have seen so far, that strategy only works is you can keep in contention by Fulham Football Club. If Cambridge are ahead then the cox will try to take Oxford’s water. Oxford must give it everything on the start.
Here in the Oxford camp at Imperial Boat House we are praying for an upset.
Winckless still sat down on the umpire’s boat, so here is some Oxford reaction Lebby has heard along the Thames:
An Osiris 2021 rower echoes my thoughts about the recruitment issues Oxford may face in the future as Cambridge women’s dominance continues. “It’s a vicious circle for Oxford and a virtuous circle for Cambridge.”
That’s not to take anything away from this year’s crew and effort who have put their heart and soul into it.
I know what it feels like. I rowed during a similar period of Cambridge dominance and it is hard to overturn that Cambridge mindset and belief they are going to win. But we must.
02:26 PM BST
Delayed start
An early test for umpire Sarah Winckless, who is the first women to ever umpire the men’s Race, she’s awaiting news about where the debris - a piece of wood - is, a boat has been deployed to collect it. Nervy build up for the crews.
02:23 PM BST
The men’s crews
Oxford men:
Cox - Tobias Bernard
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Bow - Tom Sharrock
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William O’Connell
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Felix Rawlinson
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James Doran
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Tassilo von Mueller
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Tom Mackintosh
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Nick Rusher
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Stroke - Nicholas Kohl
Cambridge men:
Cox - Ollie Boyne
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Bow - Luca Ferraro
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Noam Mouelle
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Luke Beever
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Gabriel Mahler
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George Bourne
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James Robson
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Simon Hatcher
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Stroke - Douwe de Graaf
Luca Ferraro and Noam Mouelle are Cambridge’s returning blues, whilst Tom Sharrock, James Doran, and Tassilo von Mueller return for Oxford. They’re spearheaded by Tom Mackintosh, who won Olympic gold in the New Zealand 8 in Tokyo, before a 5th placed finish in the singles in Paris, he’s a real star. Nick Rusher and Nico Kohl are also Olympians - reminder that they’ve won all of the last five post-Olympic races.
There are nine nationalities represented across the two Blue Boats, including Italy, Germany, the US, and Australia.
A delay here owing to some debris along the course...
02:15 PM BST
Cambridge dominate reserve races
They’re one off a clean sweep heading into the men’s race finale in ten minutes. Cambridge have won both reserve races - the women’s “Blondie” crew and the men’s “Goldie” crew. That’s another win on Boat Race day for Goldie crew stroke, Matt Edge. He raced in the Blue Boat last year and came close to collapse in his crew’s winning effort, read about it here to wet your appetite for the next race.
02:10 PM BST
Watch: The boats clash
02:09 PM BST
Winners are grinners, but not in the water...
Cox Daniel Orton stayed dry!
02:04 PM BST
And now hear from Oxford
Daniel Orton, whose coxing led to the clash:
Off the start both crews are fighting for the line. The umpire was warning and we moved. We were holding our line, this is just the nature of the boat race.
Annie Anezakis, the Oxford president who was central to the pre-Race controversy
We discussed this scenario, and went off again unphased. I’ve lost two Boat Races before this one, but I have memories and friends for the rest of my life. Cambridge are a great programme, I could not be more proud of my crew today.
02:02 PM BST
Hear from Cambridge
Cox Jack Nicholas provided some good quotes during the race. Here are some more:
I was holding a line and Oxford really encroached on it. I held that line, we clashed, that’s racing. They paid the price, that’s how it goes.
Carys Earl:
It’s something we practice for. You keep your head cool, repeated that start off, and everyone did an incredible job, especially Sophia [Hahn, who’s blade was caught in the clash], who recovered really well.
Samantha Morton:
I’m dazed! You prepare for a clash but it’s never something you think is going to happen. I was shellshocked and wouldn’t have known what to do without Tash Morrice and Jack!
01:57 PM BST
Lebby’s verdict: “Success creates success”
A win for Cambridge women is heartbreaking for all Dark Blues to see. But they looked the stronger crew. Cambridge caught a crab but if Oxford were being warned at the time, there may be no argument or chance of appeal.
Matt Pinsent is of course a highly experienced umpire. The fight goes on - one day we will win this race again. I’m heartbroken for coach Allan French who has worked so hard and is so supportive of his crews.
The problem they face is that success creates success. Young rowers - like my children - then want to go to Cambridge. We need to reverse that trend.
01:52 PM BST
“Never pleasant”: Hear from umpire Pinsent
Umpire Matthew Pinsent on the clash
There was a clash between the two crews. To my mind i was absolutely, clearly warning Oxford in the run up. When you’ve got two crews at a standstill there’s no way you can carry on racing, and the clash was heavy enough.
Disqualification popped into my mind, but you can allow, after a restart, to see if it affects the outcome of the race, and it did not.
It’s never pleasant a contentious race like that, but the better, faster crew one. I’ll go back over the incident but it didn’t affect the outcome.
01:48 PM BST
Bad blood spills onto the River
It did not take long for the bad blood that had so dominated the Boat Race build-up to spill into the River Thames. Oxford had already been accused of “slimy” off-boat manoeuvres following the deeply controversial exclusion of four members of the Cambridge crew and, within barely a minute of the start of the women’s race, they promptly veered dangerously towards their rival’s boat.
Race referee Matthew Pinsent had already been bellowing warnings through a loudspeaker and, having lost patience with the Oxford cox Daniel Orton, ordered a halt to the race as the two sets of oars became intertwined.
Pinsent, a four-times Olympic champion, considered an immediate disqualification but eventually ruled on a re-start that upheld Cambridge’s early advantage. It had been kamikaze stuff from Oxford and, as the race swiftly resumed, the underlying cause of such a reckless start became evident.
Oxford, who were desperate to arrest a losing streak that had already stretched some seven races, were again second best by a decisive margin, with Cambridge soon re-establishing their dominance to ease a length ahead before moving into the clear water in front and sealing another emphatic victory.
01:46 PM BST
Lebby’s take on the clash
Drama!! Right in front of us in imperial.
Looks like it was a crab leading to a clash. Bad luck for Oxford who were going to take advantage.
The mood is despondent here in the heartland with the parents. After the resumption there was no more advantage for Oxford. Once you are right behind there is little chance unless there’s an error on Cambridge’s behalf.
No one would have wanted to see the race have a restart. It’s gutting not to get a completely clean row.
01:41 PM BST
Cambridge win the 79th Women’s Boat Race
It’s their 49th in total, an eighth in a row!! six seconds between them in the end, that’s significant!
01:40 PM BST
Cambridge dominant
Absolute daylight between the two as they pass under Barnes railway bridge. Victory surely inevitable now, barring an unprecedented disaster/comeback. It’s set to be Cambridge’s eighth win in a row. Expect some juicy quotes given the absence of four oarswomen and one potential cox in the Cambridge crew
01:38 PM BST
2km to go
Just another Olympic’s race worth of river to go. Jack Nicholas is now telling his Cambridge crew to be “arrogant” as they pull well away.
01:35 PM BST
Appeal inevitable
2023 Cambridge cox Jasper Parrish assures us that we will see an appeal regardless of the result here, alluding to the crash just two minutes into the race. He also says the wind has increased as the boats approach Chiswick pier.
The gap has grown to a length and a half now, but in the Surrey lane, Oxford have the shorter corner. Having said that, Oxford are following their rivals’ line.
01:32 PM BST
Half way lead for Cambridge
“They’re not moving anywhere”: Some more good encouragement from Cambridge cox Jack Nicholas, as his crew open a gap.
The favourites are looking good at the halfway point.
01:30 PM BST
Clashes are the norm
Two new coxes on the Tideway today, but the boats clashed last year, with Oxford cox Joe Gellett launching an unsuccessful appeal post-race, claiming Cambridge cut across them.
Meanwhile, Cambridge hold a length’s lead as they pass under the first bridge.
01:25 PM BST
Race resumed
Pinsent flirted with the idea of disqualification there but he decides to resume the race, Cambridge are given a 1/3 of a length advantage. Oxford’s Daniel Orton, in the inferior lane round this first corner, deemed to be at fault.
The race restarts and he veers over immediately, but Cambridge warned now!
01:24 PM BST
Race stopped!
“F**king move it” is Cambridge cox Jack Nicholas’ first instruction, and his crew seem to get the better start...
Matthew Pinsent waves the red flag, blades have clashed!
01:22 PM BST
Meet the women’s crews
The crews are in the water, umpire Matthew Pinsent is readying the coxes, start imminent...
Oxford women:
Cox: Daniel Orton
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Bow - Sarah Polson
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Lilli Freishem
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Tessa Haining
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Alexia Lowe
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Sarah Marshall
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Annie Anezakis
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Kyra Delray
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Stroke - Heidi Long
Cambridge women - light blue boat:
Cox: Jack Nicholas
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Bow - Katy Hempson
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Gemma King
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Carys Earl
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Annie Wartheimer
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Sophia Hahn
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Claire Collins
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Tash Morrice
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Stroke - Samantha Morton
01:17 PM BST
The importance of the coin toss
We had a tailwind yesterday, today it is more of a crosswind. And it seems to have dropped a little since we arrived.
Cambridge women will need to take advantage early on Middlesex. If Oxford can hold on, that is when things will get interesting. You don’t want Cambridge to be so far ahead in early stages that they can nip in in front of Oxford before Hammersmith and take away Oxford’s advantage on the bend coming up to the bridge.
01:14 PM BST
Some more on the eligibility row
As we build up to the women’s Race, due to start in 20 minutes at 13.21, here’s how the women have been affected.
Lucy Havard and Jenna Armstrong, two of last year’s winning crew for Cambridge and the current and former women’s club presidents respectively, cannot race as a result of the “Cracknell ruling”. Writing exclusively for The Telegraph, Cracknell said the rule, that prevents rowers who started their undergraduate degrees over 12 years ago, is a “travesty”.
Tom Ford, the Paris Olympic champion in the men’s eight, was the first subject of this year’s enforcement. Ironically, Oxford have typically benefitted from the Olympics - they’ve won each of the last five Boat Races that have come the year after an Olympics. Havard and Armstrong are part of the collateral damage, despite both having raced last year.
It’s important to remember that this ruling, instigated by Cracknell’s inclusion in Cambridge’s 2019 victory 13 years after his retirement, was agreed upon mutually by the clubs.
The more contentious decision is an independent interpretation panel’s decision to prevent three PGCE students from competing, including two-time reservist Molly Foxell and cox Kate Crowley. Paris Olympic champion Imogen Grant, who won this race with Cambridge in 2017, 2018, and 2022, said the decision was a “desperate ploy from Oxford to gain an upper hand in the most slimy way”. You can read more about the intricacies of that, and Grant’s inflammatory response, here.
12:56 PM BST
Hear from Olympic gold medallist Jonny Searle
Lebby has been catching up with 1992 Olympic gold medallist Jonny Searle, who also won three Boat Races with Oxford between 1988-1990 and is current chair of the Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation :
I’m really impressed with new Oxford women’s coach Allan French. I think he has fabulous programme, some really strong rowers in that boat.
I’ve seen are some of the results and some of the chatter here feels as if the Cambridge men are favourites in the men’s race, but I guess anything’s possible in the boat race?
Oxford women probably were a bit unlucky for various reasons, last year on the day. Sometimes you learn a lot from not winning, that you can then take forward. So hopefully with my Oxford hat on, the women learn a bit from last year, and they can really deliver something on the day.
In Tessa Haining, Sarah Marshall, and “pantomime villain” of the eligibility drama Annie Anezakis, Oxford have three returning Blues. Cambridge have two - Gemma King and Carys Earl.
12:46 PM BST
Cambridge favourites
Cambridge are odds-on favourites with to extend their winning streak over Oxford in both the men’s and women’s Boat Race.
Cambridge are priced by William Hill at just 1/3 to triumph in the men’s race, compared to 9/4 about their Oxford rivals, while the Light Blues are even shorter at 1/6 to win the women’s race. A winning margin of more than 2 lengths in the men’s race is priced at 2/5, while in the women’s race a margin of over 2 lengths is 2/9.
12:46 PM BST
A quick history...
...Makes for bleak reading for Oxford.
Having first raced in 196 years ago in 1829, Cambridge lead the men’s race tally by 87-81 as they head into their 170th ding-dong. They’ve won five of the last six - an Oxford win in 2022 being the outlier. Cambridge also hold the course record of 16 minutes and 19 seconds, achieved in 1998.
The women first raced in 1927, and Cambridge hold a comprehensive 48-30 lead. They’re on a seven-race winning streak, with the first of those coming in 2017 when their eight rowed a course record of 18.33.
As a side note, those times are of course much different to the times posted in Olympic rowing. Olympians race over a 2km course, whilst The Boat Race is a brutal 6.8km long. That gives enough space for a predicted 250,000 spectators along the banks of the Thames!
12:37 PM BST
Oxford win coin tosses
Oxford have won the choice of starting positions for the men’s race at the coin toss, opting for the Surrey bank, donating the south side of the Thames which provides an advantage in the middle section of the race. Cambridge, going for three in a row, will be on the north Middlesex side which is reckoned to help on the twists of the Thames at both the start and finish.
Cambridge president Luca Ferraro seemed unconcerned, saying that it would make little difference after delivering an exuberant punch of the air as he arrived off the teambus.
The Oxford women have also won the coin toss and have selected the Surrey side.
12:36 PM BST
Today’s timings
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1.21pm: 79th women’s Boat Race
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1.36pm: Women’s reserve race: Osiris v Blondie
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1.51pm: Men’s reserve race: Isis v Goldie
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2.21pm: 170th men’s Boat Race
12:34 PM BST
Coxes to be thrown in the Thames
Whilst this year’s build up has thrown tradition out with the dishwater, one tradition will be returning: the winning crew’s cox being thrown into the River Thames.
With thanks to some good weather in the weeks preceding today’s race, and a £5 billion “super sewer” project, the teams have been encouraged that the E. coli levels in the Thames is safe enough for coxes to be dunked in.
Campaign group River Action have insisted that 29.5 per cent of its tests have returned unsafe results since March 10, so it will be up to the teams’ discretion.
It will all be of particular interest for Oxford stroke Nico Kohl, who is studying a masters in Water Science, Policy and Management!
12:28 PM BST
State school success
We have the idea that rowing is a posh sport and The Boat Race can contribute to that impression. But it’s far from the truth.
Luca Ferraro, the CUBC president, is an example of that. Luca went to Latymer Grammar School in Edmonton and rowed at the Lea Rowing Club in Hackney. The Lea is notable for its orange kit and is known for producing top notch juniors - and formerly some true East End Olympians.
Amid all these rows about eligibility it’s worth remembering that home grown, non-private school rowers still can succeed and get to the top!
12:26 PM BST
Lightweight success for Cambridge
More on yesterday’s results - Cambridge won both lightweight races, with the women going clear by three lengths in a course record time of 19.08 to earn a sixth win in a row.
Having won the toss and choosing the preferred Surrey side, Cambridge’s male lightweight crew also set a course record on their way to victory, with a 17.35 time producing a four and a half length lead.
12:14 PM BST
Cambridge’s clean sweep off the cards
First of all - with Cambridge lightweights winning yesterday and Oxford veteran men being disqualified for a blade clash, the Oxford veteran women have so far ruined Cambridge chance at a total clean sweep (bigging myself up here for our victory!). We may be the older version but that will have annoyed Cambridge, who hung a broom at their boathouse (rumour has it) after 2023’s total clean sweep.
I bumped into Paddy Ryan - Cambridge women’s coach - after. I asked it how it was looking for today and he said “you are not going to like it” - so there you go, Cambridge are feeling confident.
12:08 PM BST
Preview: “A new low in relations between Oxford and Cambridge”
The Boat Race: One of the last bastions of British tradition, of amateur sporting prowess and sporting values.
Except perhaps not.
The build up to this year’s Boat Race has heavily contrasted the values for which the event stands for, with the two boat clubs having descended into a war of words and panel politics (special report here). There are no less than six Cambridge rowers who cannot race as a result of complaints from the Oxford corner, with the most high profile omission being Paris Olympics gold medallist Tom Ford.
Ford’s omission does come from a legally sound basis, but its wider implications have provoked furious response from the Cambridge camp. After two-time Olympic champion James Cracknell won with Cambridge in 2019 aged 46, both teams agreed, under their “Joint Agreement” to prevent rowers from racing if they’d begun their undergraduate degrees over 12 years ago, meaning this year’s and last year’s CUBC women’s presidents - Lucy Havard and Jenna Armstrong - also cannot race.
Cries of foul play, however, come from Cambridge given Havard and Armstrong’s participation in last year’s Race despite breaking the same rules. The row became really toxic when, in what Cambridge believe to be collateral damage from their attempts to get Ford in a boat, Oxford appealed against the legitimacy of postgraduate certificate of education (PGCE) students, despite a long history of such students racing for both sides over the years. That led to the disqualification of Matt Heywood - who won a b-final race with Oxford no. four James Doran at last year’s World Rowing Cup - Molly Foxell, and Kate Crowley.
Cambridge haven’t minced their words in response. Heywood himself identified the “PGCE three” in an Instagram post that said “It’s safe to say that this decision doesn’t align with any values of sportsmanship or race spirit that I have known in rowing”, whilst Crowley subsequently said in her own Instagram post that “I haven’t come to terms with it yet, and I’m not sure that I will.”
Some posts will follow detailing some of the wider responses as we build up to the women’s race, that starts at 13.21. Stay tuned!
