Ad Fortuin (Strijen, NL) takes prestigious international win in St. Vincent with Willeke

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Clocking a pigeon from the tough Lerwick race is every north road fancier's dream. Here we take a look at the section winners in this year's edition of the iconic race.

The National winner Belgium from Libourne in the category "yearlings" is Dobbelaere Philippe (Olsene). The pigeon was clocked on Sunday at 16:46:59 CEST after a race of 726.58 km, achieving an average velocity of 1259.28 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Libourne in the category "old birds" is Deblanc Youri (Ronse). The pigeon was clocked on Sunday at 16:43:49 CEST after a race of 713.185 km, achieving an average velocity of 1242.88 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Issoudun in the category "yearlings" is Hermans Rik (Pulle). The pigeon was clocked on Sunday at 13:40:42 CEST after a race of 513.13 km, achieving an average velocity of 1384.22 m/min.

The National winner Belgium from Issoudun in the category "old birds" is Tournelle Davy (Rummen). The pigeon was clocked on Sunday at 13:30:56 CEST after a race of 495.292 km, achieving an average velocity of 1372.25 m/min.

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.