Race Across the World winners on keeping the final a secret

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, they said they were only able to tell close family but thy had friends asking about it every day.

Alfie also said he thought they dealt with the competition better than expected.

Owen added: “I was expecting that we would have a massive bust up, but it didn’t happen.”

Football referee Alfie and trainee pilot Owen also beat siblings Betty and James who came third, and couple Stephen and Viv who finished last.

Mother and daughter Brydie and Sharon were eliminated earlier in the series.

The teams started the competition in the northernmost Japan and over 50 days travelled 15,000km across six countries in eastern Asian.

The final leg of the journey began in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Owen and Alfie had a 12-minute lead over Eugenie and Isabel.

They came up against a major hurdle after discovering the boat to the final location, the small island of Gili Meno, only runs during daylight hours, which forced them to wait until the morning to set off.

The delay allowed Eugenie and Isabel to catch up, and both teams set off on high-speed boats at sunrise.