In 2022, Agen International races had a total of 33,615 pigeons, exceeding 30,000 pigeons for three consecutive years. Belgians totaled 13,987 basket pigeons, 6,658 old birds and 7,329 yearlings; The Netherlands followed with a set of 12,211 pigeons; French 6,091 pigeons; 1,078 German basket pigeons; 248 English basket pigeons. The competition opened on July 2, local time.
The pigeon BE21-3024054 flew over a distance of 787km and achieved an average velocity of 1350 m/min.
This is a gray, yellow-eyed Turbo Cyril. His grandfather Turbo Pirate won 15th Nat. Ace Pigeon Grand Middle Distance KBDB, 1st Prov. Fonternet against 5,983 pigeons, and a 7th Nat. Chateauroux against 13,098 pigeons. His grandfather, Caesar, came from the Pratou father-son loft and won 10th International Barcelona against 25,381 p., 8th Nat. 10,542 p. in 2013, and a 2nd Nat. Ace Pigeon Barcelona.
Gino Crick's new season was a sight to behold, and just last week at the National Tulle race he won 6,842 national yearlings 2-3-4-6-17-24-41-44-59-63-65-71-74... and 9,763 national old birds 3-4-17-36-52-58-70-85... After only 5 days, he once again shone on the field, this time against 33,615 pigeons! The Crick pigeon breed has achieved a very high level of performance as always, and congratulations to him for the unrivalled all-round loft!
Here's what Gino Crick's 2022 international winner in Agen:
