Barcelona !

[MIL]

Not a good news!!!

Barcelona
05-07-2024 CIF Statement

hello to all,

Yesterday a great event took place...

French conveyor was caught adding a product to the drinking water...

Immediately I was warned by the Chairman of the Belgian Sports Committee and the Belgian National President...

At this stage of the investigation, we don't know what product was distributed... the product will be analyzed...

The whole truck would have had this product (French contingent and a part of the Belgians)...

We decided to put the conveyor away immediately...

A thorough investigation will be carried out to determine whether this person acted alone, or at the behest of another individual...

It's a painful, painful matter for all the volunteers we are and lovers of our passion...

We fought to have a Frenchman present at every event, and such acts tarnish a whole job and discredit French Colombophilia...

We are waiting for the follow up, but it is likely that a complaint will be filed against this person in the coming days. I'm sure I'll summon this person and I'll ask Benoit to be present...

If other Colombophilia are responsible for this act, we need to know and ban them from our sport...

I also warned the Belgian leaders that we would withdraw French convoyers from the other upcoming trials.

As an amateur it was normal that you were advised and we want to be the most transparent in the follow-up of this case.

Good to you

Christophe...

[Trev]

That's terrible
What a shame, that will cast a cloud over the whole race and take the gloss of some of the great performances that have been put in today, Including the Belgian who is currently in pole position !!
I've been watching as the birds have been coming in, there are birds in Holland, Belgium and Denmark now as well as France.
Dutch Fancier NJ Ritzen had two together 22.08 & 22.09 flying 667 miles.
It will be interesting to see how this one unfolds !!

[Buster121]

How terrible hope it doesn't spoil the race and hard work done by birds and fanciers

[Murray]

What a disaster.
It casts a shadow over the whole race. That's human nature for you. Horses, pigeons, greyhounds, cyclists.....there's always someone trying to beat the system.
I look forward to hearing what it was he added to the water.

[king]

1 Sil van Vliet Ter Aar (NL) 1197.565 (744 miles) 22:44:32 1288.35 [O] Provided by ifcinfo.nl
2 Ad Fortuin Strijen (NL) 1144.803 (711 miles) 22:51:27 1222.49 [O] Provided by ifcinfo.nl
3 Schroeder Vincent Schalkhoven (BE) 1061.033 21:45:51 1218.39 [O] Provided by Briconweb
4 Delepine /lucas Woignarue (FR) 952.594 20:24:06 1207.19 [O] Provided by pir3.net
5 Bungeneers Frans Ranst (BE) 1086.213 22:16:02 1205.52 [O] Provided by Briconweb
6 Guirado Ludovic Saint-Nicolas D'aliermont (FR) 928.897 20:05:43 1205.24 [O] Provided by pir3.net
7 Rans Stijn & Jeroen Wijgmaal (BE) 1059.215 21:53:52 1205.21 [O] Provided by Briconweb
8 N.J. Ritzen Schimmert (NL) 1074.412 22:09:07 1201.65 [O] Provided by ifcinfo.nl
9 Oboeuf Serge Burbure (FR) 999.100 21:08:02 1199.35 [O] Provided by pir3.net
10 J. Stevens Schinveld (NL) 1084.199 22:26:45 1189.14 [O] Provided by ifcinfo.nl

[MIL]

Interesting to see the vet Schroeder (Tollisan) in 3rd


And of course Ad in 2nd is simply top class

For my money he’s as good as anybody Internationally now

[Trev]

The new leader is now T.Koele & ZN, they clocked 3 in 20 minutes this morning flying 744miles, they are currently 1st, 2nd and 3rd. I see there are also birds being clocked this morning flying over 820miles.

[Devo1956]

Good hard racing, but better played on even field.

[MIL]

The Dutch are masters at this late night / early morning racing

I was on 12hr nights last year watching them time in at 01:00, 02:00 and 03:00 in the Marseille race
These birds were having like 19 hrs plus on the wing

You might say ‘they have the terrain’ but very few birds are gallant enough to stick that time on the chin

[Trev]

This was about an hour ago now, still no UK birds !!