Issoudun 2019: First pigeon has arrived

Weather conditions during liberation: blue sky and sunny spells, light wind, west wind, good visibility

Check here all (inter)national winners of Marseille 2019 international race.

Just after the sun came up, the winning pigeon of Rolf Berger (Germany) showed itself at 6.59am. Below videos and photos of the winner.

When a cyclist delivers a truly exceptional performance, it is often referred to as 'Merckxian'. In football they coined a similar term: 'Messian'.

Rien van Oss, Irving van Oss, Diny van Oss and Erik van de Laak are the fanciers behind Team Rien van Oss. Erik is the caretaker of this loft, organizing the training flights and the cleaning of the lofts.

These are the preliminary results of the PIPA ranking for best Belgian pigeon in all international races with 2 prizes. This ranking includes the races from Pau, Agen, Barcelona, St.Vincent taking into account the national results available.

The Porsche bloodline of the PEC continues to excel: the descendants of this golden bloodline showed their enormous potential in the race from Aurillac in the weekend of 13th of July, with a 1st and 2nd National old birds. The race winner was also the fastest of 7,470 pigeons!

These are the top performances from Belgium in the weekend of 13/07/2019 and 14/07/2019.

Jo and Florian Hendriks have demonstrated repeatedly over the years to be one of the top teams in the one day long distance in The Netherlands, with marvellous results and championship prizes to their name. They delivered again in the latest one day long distance race from Argenton, winning the first five prizes of 9,512 pigeons.

10,029 pigeons will take part in this year's international race from Marseille.

A few weeks ago, right after their incredible provincial top result from Blois, we wrote that their team was strong enough to claim a national first prize sooner or later, and look what happens: just 14 days later they take a coveted national victory from Montluçon of 14,104 yearlings.

These are the top performances from The Netherlands in the weekend of 13/07/2019 and 14/07/2019.

Just two weeks after his prestigious first prize NPO from Issoudun Peter Janssen went on to win another top result: a national victory from Châteauroux.

The first place in National Flying Club Tarbes Grand National is the most coveted title in the UK pigeon sport without exception. It presents the biggest haul of silverware that can be won in any race in the country, accumulated in more than 100 years of the National Flying Club history.

A new racing weekend means that our PIPA rankings have been updated.