Glenn Coldenhoff

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Glenn Coldenhoff
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Coldenhoff in 2022
Nationality Dutch
Born (1991-02-13) 13 February 1991 (age 33)
Oss, Netherlands
Motocross career
Years active2008-Present
Teams
  • •Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team (2021-2023)
  • •Factory MXGP Racing Fantic (2023-Present)
Wins•MX2: 1 •MXGP: 5

Glenn Coldenhoff (born 13 February 1991) is a Dutch professional motocross racer. [1] He has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2008. Coldenhoff was a member of the winning Dutch team at the 2019 Motocross des Nations.

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Motocross career

Coldenhoff was born in Oss on 13 February 1991. [2] He lives in Heesch, Netherlands. [2]

Coldenhoff in 2015 rode for the Suzuki racing team. He switched to the Red Bull KTM racing team for 2016. [3] [4] He won his first MXGP race on 12 July 2015 in Ķegums, Latvia. In Race 1 he finished first and in Race 2 he came in second after Romain Febvre. [5] In December 2018 Coldenhoff crashed during a training session and broke his wrist and three vertebrae. [6] In 2019 Coldenhoff won 2 rounds of world championships and with team Netherlands the 2019 Motocross des Nations.Their victory marked the first Dutch win in the 73-year history of the Motocross des Nations. [7]

In 2019 Coldenhoff finished third in the 2019 FIM Motocross World Championship. In 2020 he stated he wanted to continue racing for another six years. [8]

For the 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship Coldenhoff was part of the Gas Gas racing team. [9] In the first round MXGP of Great Britain Coldenhoff finished sixth two times. [8] On 8 March he finished seventh overall in the MXGP of The Netherlands, having finished ninth in the first race and seventh in the second race. [8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the schedule of the championship was changed. For the third round the Gas Gas team used new bikes. [9] On 9 August the MXGP of Latvia was held, in which Coldenhoff finished second in the first race and won the second race, finishing first overall. This was the first ever GP win of Gas Gas. [10] During the MXGP of Riga on 12 August Coldenhoff finished seventh in the first race but bruised several ribs in the second race and did not finish. [11] [12] He had to drive the third round in Latvia (MXGP of Kegums) on pain killers. [13]

On 16 October 2020 during the qualification for the MXGP of Flanders Coldenhoff fell and broke two vertebrae. [14] [15] The injury meant the end of the season for Coldenhoff. [16]

Coldenhoff was released by Gas Gas following the 2020 season and signed with Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Facing on a two-year deal, partnering with Jeremy Seewer and Ben Watson and replacing 2015 MXGP champion Romain Febvre, who left for Kawasaki. [17]

MXGP results

YearRnd
1		Rnd
2		Rnd
3		Rnd
4		Rnd
5		Rnd
6		Rnd
7		Rnd
8		Rnd
9		Rnd
10		Rnd
11		Rnd
12		Rnd
13		Rnd
14		Rnd
15		Rnd
16		Rnd
17		Rnd
18		Rnd
19		Rnd
20		Average
Finish		Podium
Percent		Place
2017 MXGP
2018 MXGP
2019 MXGP198129985987541031122--6.7828%3rd
2020 MXGP8711567672734OUTOUTOUTOUTOUTOUT--6.0825%8th
2021 MXGP1782124111281496813257117--8.6711%7th
2022 MXGP51754541032395433169--5.4433%5th
2023 MXGP102156657424353394784-5.6326%4th
2024 MXGP71267

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References

  1. ↑ "Glenn Coldenhoff MXGP race results". mxgpresults.com. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Profiel" (in Dutch). coldenhoffracing.nl. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Glenn Coldenhoff schenkt motor voor gouden tip diefstal" (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Glenn Coldenhoff boekt eerste GP-zege in loopbaan, motorcrosser uit Heesch sterkste in Letland" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Primeur voor motorcrosser Coldenhoff in Letland" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Coldenhoff loopt drie gebroken ruggenwervels op bij crash in Lommel" (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. 15 December 2018. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Dutch Delight in Assen as they Win the 2019 Monster Energy FIM MXoN". Youthstream. mxgp.com. 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 Henk Stouwdam (8 March 2020). "Voor de wereldtitel moest het roer om bij motorcrosser Glenn Coldenhoff" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Glenn Coldenhoff en GasGas kijken uit naar competitie!". mxmag.be. 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020.
  10. ↑ Eva van der Weele (9 August 2020). "Motorcrosser Glenn Coldenhoff pakt eerste GP overwinning na corona-uitbraak" (in Dutch). DTV Nieuws. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020.
  11. ↑ Tim Gerth (13 August 2020). "Geen breuken voor 'teleurgestelde' Coldenhoff na stevige val" (in Dutch). motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020.
  12. ↑ Steven van Kempen (12 August 2020). "Geen breuken voor Glenn Coldenhoff!". mxmag.be. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020.
  13. ↑ "Ciao Italia, motorcrossers Jeffrey Herlings en Glenn Coldenhoff komen eraan om te winnen" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 5 September 2020. Archived from the original on 4 October 2020.
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