Important strains - the building of the Theo Weytjens long distance loft

van der Wegen (Anton and Lucie), Steenbergen (NL)
van der Wegen (Jac), De Heen (NL)

Van der Wegen was first imported via Fons van Ophuizen, but later on some pigeons came directly from the loft of Anton and Lucie van der Wegen.

Fons van Ophuizen being a good friend of Jac van der Wegen, he got children out of the best racers and breeders in de Heen: Prins, Indurain and so on.
Theo got three good van der Wegen pigeons via Fons:

  • NL2467437-95, granddaughter Prins
  • NL2467474-95, grandson Indurain
  • NL2467482-95

The last two are grandparents of the 511-Hen which gave a series of good pigeons such as: Bekele, Perpignan-Hen, 501-Hen, Linkse Barcelona

In 1996 and 1999 Theo Weytjens went visiting Antoon and Lucie van der Wegen in Steenbergen. There he got: