Glenn Coldenhoff

Glenn Coldenhoff (born 13 February 1991) is a Dutch professional motocross racer.[1] He has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2013. Coldenhoff was a member of the winning Dutch team at the 2019 Motocross des Nations event that included Jeffrey Herlings and Calvin Vlaanderen.

Glenn Coldenhoff
Nationality	Dutch
Born	13 February 1991 Oss, Netherlands
Motocross career
Years active	2013 -
Teams	KTM, Suzuki, Gas Gas

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]

2020 FIM Motocross World Championship

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]

Motocross World Championship results

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Make	Class	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		Pos.	Pts
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2013	KTM	MX2	QAT 2	QAT 7	THA 7	THA 8	NED 5	NED 4	TRE 5	TRE 6	BUL 5	BUL 8	POR 13	POR 4	BRA 2	BRA 12	FRA 3	FRA 18	ITA 9	ITA 10	SWE 8	SWE 12	LAT 3	LAT 19	FIN 2	FIN Ret	GER 4	GER 3	CZE 6	CZE Ret	BEL 8	BEL 2	GBR 3	GBR 4	BEN Ret	BEN 2			5th	472
2014	Suzuki	MX2	QAT 3	QAT 12	THA 2	THA 4	BRA 4	BRA 1	TRE 8	TRE 1	BUL 7	BUL 7	NED	NED	ESP	ESP	GBR	GBR	FRA	FRA	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	SWE	SWE	FIN	FIN	CZE	CZE	BEL 6	BEL 10	GOI 11	GOI 10	MEX 12	MEX 5			13th	248
2015	Suzuki	MXGP	QAT 18	QAT 10	THA 16	THA 13	ARG 14	ARG 8	TRE 10	TRE 18	NED 7	NED 10	ESP 19	ESP 15	GBR 16	GBR 14	FRA 9	FRA 5	ITA 16	ITA 12	GER 9	GER 12	SWE 9	SWE 6	LAT 1	LAT 2	CZE 8	CZE 11	BEL 6	BEL 12	ITA 6	ITA 5	NED 4	NED 2	MEX 5	MEX 5	USA 6	USA 6	8th	423
2016	KTM	MXGP	QAT 7	QAT 10	THA 15	THA 19	NED 13	NED 7	ARG 7	ARG 9	MEX 6	MEX 10	LAT 10	LAT 15	GER 16	GER 11	TRE 16	TRE 16	ESP 32	ESP 11	FRA 9	FRA 5	GBR 10	GBR 15	ITA 8	ITA 5	CZE 6	CZE 18	BEL 8	BEL 5	SUI 11	SUI 3	NED 3	NED 3	USA 6	USA 3	USA 6	USA 12	7th	406

• * Season still in progress.

• Source: [17]

References

1. "Glenn Coldenhoff MXGP race results". mxgpresults.com. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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. 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. "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.
14. "Coldenhoff breekt ruggenwervels in Lommel, Gajser pakt eindzege" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020.
15. "Ernstig rugletsel MXGP-motorcrosser Glenn Coldenhoff na zware crash in Lommel" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 18 October 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020.
16. "Einde seizoen motorcrosser Coldenhoff door rugletsel: 'Klein foutje kan grote gevolgen hebben'" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 20 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020.
17. "Glenn Coldenhoff". racerxonline. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019.

External links

• Official website