in my opinion the rene van de weyers are not out and out sprinters, the results i have seen with people in this country winning, however not regular winning with the rene van de weyers is over 250 miles. They seem to be better at middle distance, then out and out sprint 70-250 miles. Just my opinion, but i scour the books back to front, to see who is winning consistently and with what strain. Im lead to believe Ray Knight done a video on rene van de weyers, i know he was sprint and middle distance champion at one stage but couldnt tell you when, the best ive seen those rene van de weyers perform is from a fancier in the midlands crossed with Jos Thorne birds. If you get the right rapidos you wont go far wrong, same with any strain of pigeon