Van Dorp Klaas & Rik

22/02/2021 - Monday the 22nd of February these new auctions will start: JP Palm, Klaas & Rik Van Dorp, Jos Cools, Roger Mylle, Jos & Lars Vercammen, Etienne Meirlaen, Stijn & Jeroen Rans, Jelle Roziers & Mike Ganus

14/12/2020 - The following auctions ended on December 13 & 14: Wijnands & zoon (NL), G&S Verkerk (NL), Leo & Gerry Dockx (BE), Klaas & Rik Van Dorp (NL), Stijn & Jeroen Rans (BE) & Mike Ganus (US).

11/12/2020 - Rik and his son Sten had quite a few remarkable results in this unusual 2020 season. And the descendants of Kleine Jan are still at the forefront.

04/02/2020 - The following pigeon auctions came to a close on Sunday 2nd of February: Jeroen & Stijn Rans (BE), Verweij-De Haan (NL), Jan Hooymans (NL), Scheele Brothers (BE), Rudi De Saer (BE), Liliane Demely (BE), Klaas & Rik Van Dorp (NL), Jewels of the sky Hyper Exclusive, Carlo Gyselbrecht (BE) & Mark Gilbert (UK).

26/01/2020 - Klaas & Rik van Dorp were off to a flying start in 2019, with a title of 1st not nominated championship sprint in Rayon Central (Province 5). However, the sad passing of Klaas in June cast a dark shadow over this combination.

15/10/2018 - 31 pigeons were sold on Sunday, across four smaller auctions. Here is a closer look at each event.

10/06/2018 - The impressive results of Klaas, Rik and Sten Van Dorp in 2018 speak to the imagination. They have already won three first prizes in major races, and their outstanding results on a weekly basis illustrate the potential of this team of champions from Rotterdam.

14/01/2017 - Klaas and his son Rik owe a lot to fellow pigeon fanciers Jan Ouwerkerk and Bart Geerinckx. They provided them not only with invaluable advice but also with a group of pigeons with exceptional breeding value. These pigeons enabled the successful Rotterdam-based combination Van Dorp to make it to the very top in Europe.

24/05/2016 - We are close to the start of the one day long distance season and Klaas & Rik van Dorp shown to be in good form, winning a promising 3rd, 4th and 9th prize from Pont St. Maxence against 9580 pigeons.

09/01/2016 - Klaas and Rik combined their existing collection of Van Loon and Ouwerkerk pigeons (led by super class breeder Kleine Jan) with the top class pigeons of B. & J. Geerinckx, and this enabled them to become a top class loft in The Netherlands. This combination of bloodlines has given countless outstanding pigeons, including most notably Olympic Mystery and Olympic Gipsy.