As always I am on the internet reading results or systems looking up fanciers. Came across Kees Droog from the Netherlands who won Pau International Kees adopts his very own training methods. He competes in the Natour races only with the first round of young birds; the second and third round are not raced or trained in their year of birth. At the age of one they compete in all races, including the first one day long distance, to prepare for Agen (ZLU). So as you can see many roads lead to Rome