page_title: Race Across the World (series 1)
section_title: Leg 1: London → Delphi
hierarchical_section_title: Race Across the World (series 1) / Race summary / Leg 1: London → Delphi
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Delphi
context_page_description: The first series of Race Across the World first aired on BBC Two from 3 March to 7 April 2019. Five pairs of racers travelled from London to Singapore, with the contestants each given £1,329 for the whole race without using air transport. The racers travelled over a distance of 12,000 miles in 50 days.
  The first series featured five pairs of competitors at the start of the race: Natalie and Shameema, Jinda and Bindu, Darron and Alex, Josh and Felix, and Sue and Clare. Jinda and Bindu withdrew due to family illness in the first episode, and were replaced by Elaine and Tony. Sue and Clare were eliminated when they finished last in Baku. Retired PE teachers Tony and Elaine Teasdale were the first to reach the final checkpoint in Singapore, and were crowned the winners.
  The series was the most successful debut for a factual entertainment show on BBC Two in over three years, and one of the most-watched shows of the year for the channel.
context_section_description: The race started from Old Royal Naval College in London, finishing the first leg at the Amalia Hotel in Delphi, Greece.
  Josh and Felix made it to Calais on the first day and went down to Munich on the second. They worked in a farm outside Munich and gained a significant increase in cash. They quickly spent this on a train to Budapest and a coach to Athens, swapping buses to reach Delphi on the sixth day.
  Darron and Alex went on an overnight coach to Düsseldorf on Day One and then on another coach to Budapest, before catching a train to Belgrade, but were forced to splash out on a taxi to avoid being delayed in the Balkans, arriving 4 hours behind the leaders.
  After a slow start, Natalie & Shameema took the ferry to Calais on Day Two before working in Lyon. They then went via Milan and over to the ferry port of Brindisi. They were the third team to reach Delphi. Sue and Claire went via Paris to reach Milan, then travelled to Venice to catch a ferry from there to Greece. They arrived in Delphi 24 hours behind Josh and Felix.
  Jinda and Bindu made it to Aachen on the evening of Day 2, but returned home after receiving news of a family illness. Tony and Elaine took their place and went through France, Germany and into Italy and caught a ferry to Greece. They reached Delphi a few minutes after Sue and Claire.
caption: Delphi
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