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MXGP 2020: COLDENHOFF<br />
The question everyone must have for you-<br />
‘Can I back it up?’ [smiles] I don’t really<br />
know. I feel very good and had a good<br />
winter so far I just had a small injury<br />
before Riola [Sardo in Sardinia and the<br />
first International race of 2020 at the end<br />
of January] and that’s why I did not race<br />
there. It was to the same ribs where I<br />
broke my back, so I tend to feel any problems<br />
quite quickly there. Anyway, it was<br />
just one week off the bike and I rode some<br />
more in Italy before going to Hawkstone<br />
Park. I definitely have more confidence<br />
and more experience. It will be pretty<br />
interesting to see what I can do from the<br />
start.<br />
You’ve always relied quite heavily on<br />
confidence, so there must still be some<br />
important value in leading those races in<br />
Turkey and China and making someone<br />
like Herlings work hard to catch you…<br />
Yeah, he also said something like that in<br />
an interview; like he was dealing with a<br />
new ‘Glenn’ that he hadn’t seen before. I<br />
definitely felt really good at the end of last<br />
season and everybody recognised that. I<br />
think when Jeffrey is really fit then he is<br />
hard to beat…but you never know. I will<br />
try to be up there every single weekend<br />
with the guys. Consistency is very important,<br />
and you need to make sure every<br />
start is good.<br />
The injury must have severely dented<br />
the first half of 2019 because people see<br />
you racing and assume you are fit and<br />
100%...but that’s not the truth…<br />
Sure, but I also feel that I underestimated<br />
myself. I had a lot of pain until the halfway<br />
point of 2019 and then you are always<br />
playing catch-up to the others that are fit.<br />
There was one moment early-on where we<br />
ended up having a five-week break in the<br />
calendar and I could work in that period.<br />
<strong>On</strong>ly having two weeks on the bike coming<br />
into the season definitely isn’t good.<br />
In the end I got fit, got better, got more<br />
confidence and made the results.<br />
Another obvious question: is a bid for the<br />
championship a realistic goal?<br />
I’m not a cocky guy and won’t tell it like<br />
that but I’m working my ass off every day<br />
to get the results and winning is the best<br />
feeling out there. I will go into every single<br />
race for it. Championship-wise I got<br />
3rd place last year and there were a lot<br />
of injuries [to others] but I was also injured<br />
myself. Anything can happen. I had<br />
a strong finish to the season and for most<br />
of it I was around tenth in the standings<br />
and finally pushed up to third, so it is a<br />
very long series. I will try to be consistent<br />
all year long and hopefully be on the box<br />
many times.<br />
COLDENHOFF FRUSTRATINGLY<br />
CHUCKED THE POSITIVE MOMENTUM<br />
FROM HIS REDBUD MOTOCROSS<br />
OF NATIONS CROWNING MOMENT<br />
INTO THE SAND WITH HIS VIOLENT<br />
AND SHOCKING CRASH AT THE END<br />
OF 2018 BUT IS HOPING THAT THE<br />
FIVE PODIUMS AND THREE WINS<br />
(INCLUDING ASSEN) FROM THE<br />
CLOSE OF ’19 WILL RUN INTO THE<br />
NEW CAMPAIGN.
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