Marseille (int.) 2019: National winner Belgium old birds: Chanet Jean-Marie (Thisnes)

The National winner Germany from Marseille in the category "old birds" is Jacobs Cor (Heinsberg). The pigeon was clocked on Friday at 18:26:47 CEST after a race of 861.184 km, achieving an average velocity of 1209.90 m/min.

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

Weather expectations: local thunderstorms, sunny intervals, southwest wind

Friday 19th of July is the big day for the Victoria Falls World Challenge Pigeon Race and all of its participants. We will keep you informed today and tomorrow with updates on the weather, arrivals, winners,...

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.

A total of 19.646 pigeons were basketted for the Issoudun. 8.278 old birds and 11.368 yearlings. Check the number per club and province here.

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.

A total of 8,963 pigeons will participate in the national race from Libourne, with 4,607 old birds and 4,356 yearlings. Click here for the details per club

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.