Dutch team setup

Good point. Herlings was the top individual out of all 3 classes so it probably would have been a better move. Hard to say for sure, Coldenhoff could have got beat by Tonus and Paulin and been in the same place in Open.

Coldenhoff just lacked fitness. If he could ride that pace the whole moto he would be top 3 in all. He dropped every lap a little bit and after half way he was just done and tired.

They did the right thing.
Coldenhoff had much more time to recover between motos. And it doesn`t matter if you win your class. Your race position counts, not your position in your class.

The Hoff got the mxgp spot because he was in there all year Jeffrey decided late to join the party on the 450 thats all

kongols wrote:

They did the right thing.
Coldenhoff had much more time to recover between motos. And it doesn`t matter if you win your class. Your race position counts, not your position in your class.

Yeah. That is my whole point. His best opportunity for a podium moto was in 2

Bullshit coldenhoff wasnt strong enough...both moto's good starts but couldnt hold the pace....and bogers can do way better then he did...

kongols wrote:

They did the right thing.
Coldenhoff had much more time to recover between motos. And it doesn`t matter if you win your class. Your race position counts, not your position in your class.

Sodipop wrote:

Yeah. That is my whole point. His best opportunity for a podium moto was in 2

Ok, but I totally disagree. They threw away worst mx2 result and if Coldenhoff would have to race moto2 and moto3, I doubt he would`ve gotten such high results.

This is just a bunch of what ifs. He could have totally tanked it that second moto if he would have done that instead, we will never know. Kongols also has a great point with the rest. In the end, this was a team that hoped for a podium on a good day, and they got second. Coldenhoff was way better than expected. Like Fiar said, I also expected a bit more out of Bogers. Anyway I think they did more than anyone expected out of them today.

I expected Bogers to do a little better, he seemed to have cracked a bit under pressure. Aside from him, Herlings and Coldenhoff rode exactly as I expected. Herlings obviously needs some getting used to closer racing, as he obviously was the fastest man on track the first moto but seemed uncomfortable with Andersons aggesive (&solid) defensive riding. I think the dutch will be podium contenders for the next coming years. Pootjes and Vaessen will most likely continue to grow/improve adding to the selectionpool.

cookies wrote:

I expected Bogers to do a little better, he seemed to have cracked a bit under pressure. Aside from him, Herlings and Coldenhoff rode exactly as I expected. Herlings obviously needs some getting used to closer racing, as he obviously was the fastest man on track the first moto but seemed uncomfortable with Andersons aggesive (&solid) defensive riding. I think the dutch will be podium contenders for the next coming years. Pootjes and Vaessen will most likely continue to grow/improve adding to the selectionpool.

I agree that the Netherlands have a bright future at this event. I would throw Dankers to list of names that will be there in a couple of years.

cookies wrote:

I expected Bogers to do a little better, he seemed to have cracked a bit under pressure. Aside from him, Herlings and Coldenhoff rode exactly as I expected. Herlings obviously needs some getting used to closer racing, as he obviously was the fastest man on track the first moto but seemed uncomfortable with Andersons aggesive (&solid) defensive riding. I think the dutch will be podium contenders for the next coming years. Pootjes and Vaessen will most likely continue to grow/improve adding to the selectionpool.

Finnish_Flash_62 wrote:

I agree that the Netherlands have a bright future at this event. I would throw Dankers to list of names that will be there in a couple of years.

Throw Vlaanderen in there aswell