Boat Race: Cambridge beat Oxford in men’s and women’s races

Cambridge enjoyed a clean sweep in the Boat Race with both the men and women cruising to victory on the Thames.

In cool, still conditions in west London Cambridge’s talented men’s team piled on the pressure by opening up a huge gap over their rivals very early in the race and Oxford could not respond, finishing around 10 seconds behind.

“Every other race I’ve done here, I’ve felt so nervous, but I felt really calm,” said the Cambridge cox Hugo Ramambason. “We wanted to get a good start, keep moving, and earn the right to win the race. Last year was real tough, but the attitude in the squad has been so good.”

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Before the men’s race, Cambridge’s women’s team set the tone of the day by destroying Oxford to secure their first back-to-back victories since 1999.

The light blues pulled away early on and set a punishing pace to cross the line and pass under the Chiswick Bridge some 11 lengths ahead of rivals Oxford.

Last year an error at the start from Oxford allowed Cambridge a routine victory, in a record time. This year there was no error just a superior team making their quality tell over the 4.2-mile course.