Matthew Pinsent helped the coxless four to victory as British crews enjoyed another successful day at the Cologne Regatta.

The three-time Olympic gold medallist was delighted to beat a competitive field which included a strong, fast Danish crew.

He said: "I felt much happier with that performance - we have moved on since yesterday."

Fellow Sydney Olympian James Cracknell was part of Pinsent's crew and was equally satisfied with the five second win.

"I was really pleased with the way we rowed that first 500m." Cracknell said.

"The most important thing this regatta has shown is that there are more people in Britain now of a gold medal standard to compete and train with."

The crew of Pinsent, Cracknell and two of Britain's 2001 world champion coxless four, Steve Williams and Toby Garbett, got of to a good start.

They held level with the Danes to the 500m mark before pulling away and maintaining their lead.

Britain won four of the five races entered, missing out only in the eight to a Danish lightweight crew.

The British single and double scull and the coxless pair all won emphatically.

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Men's Finals:

Single scull: 1 Simon Cottle (Gbr) 7:18.2, 2 Bert Westerveld 7:21.35, 3 Matt Langridge (Gbr) 7:26.7, 4 Mateus Vallenga 7:28.2

Double Scull: 1 Peter Gardner & Ian Lawson 6:37.3, 2 Holland 1 6:38.8, 3 Holland 2 6:52.0

Coxless Pair: 1 Rick Dunn & Josh West (Gbr) 6:44.75, 2 Robin Bourne-Taylor & Ben Burch 6:56.3, 3 Spain 6:59.2, 4 Holland 7:01.2

Coxless Four: 1 Toby Garbett, Steve Williams, James Cracknell, Matthew Pinsent (Gbr) 6:04.4, 2 Denmark 1 6:09.4, 3 Mike Reynaud, Andy Hodge, Simon Fieldhouse, Chris Martin (Molesey) 6:14.15, 4 Denmark 2 6:24.5, 5 Germany 1 6:28.0, 6 Germany 2 6:39.0

Eight: 1 Denmark 5:52.65, 2 Tom Stallard, Joseph von Maltzahn, Alexander Partridge, Daniel Ouseley, Jonathan Devlin, Kieran West, Luka Grubor, Steve Trapmore, Christian Cormack (cox) (Gbr) 5:55.15

The regatta was a double header with two races for each event - one on Saturday and one on Sunday. There were heats in some events but not all and a final in each event on both days with no repechages.