Red Bull X-Fighters

Red Bull X-Fighters are freestyle motocross competitions contested in bullfighting arenas among other places. Alongside the X Games, they are the most prestigious and most challenging freestyle motocross (FMX) competitions.

Red Bull X-Fighters are invitation tournaments where the best FMX riders in the world come face to face. The competitions' particular flair comes on the one hand from the relatively restricted space in the bullfighting arenas (and therefore the close proximity of the crowd to the sporting spectacle) and, on the other hand, from the replication of a number of rituals from a typical "corrida": for example, the riders are greeted by drum rolls and trumpet fanfares, and the public honours the riders' performances by waving white rags.

History

The idea for the Red Bull X-Fighters came from energy drink producer Red Bull. The first competition took place in 2001 in the bullfighting arena in Valencia. The event moved to Madrid's Las Ventas bullring for 2002, Spain's biggest and most important bullfighting arena. With 23,000 spectators, the competition in Madrid – held annually since 2002 – has become Europe's greatest FMX event. Alongside Madrid, Valencia hosted the Red Bull X-Fighters for the second time in 2003. Since 2005, the competition has also been staged in Mexico, in the Monumental Plaza de Toros in Mexico City; the biggest bullring in the world, with a capacity of 43,000. The final round of the 2009 season took place at Battersea Power Station.

Red Bull X-Fighters 2009 Tour

Place	Winner	2º Position	3º Position
London	Nate Adams	Levi Sherwood	Dani Torres
Madrid	Dani Torres	Nate Adams	Robbie Madisson
Fort Worth	Nate Adams	Mat Rebeaud	Cameron Sinclair
Calgary	Robbie Madisson	Eigo Sato	Mat Rebeaud
México	Levi Sherwood	Eigo Sato	Mat Rebeaud

Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 Tour

Place	Winner	2º Position	3º Position
Poland	Dani Torres	Robbie Madisson	Mat Rebeaud
Germany	Mat Rebeaud	Jeremy Lusk	Dani Torres
Madrid	Mat Rebeaud	André Villa	Robbie Madisson
Fort Worth	Mat Rebeaud	Jeremy Stenberg	Jeremy Lusk
Rio de Janeiro	Jeremy Stenberg	Mat Rebeaud	Robbie Madisson
México	Mat Rebeaud	Dani Torres	Jeremy Lusk

Red Bull X-Fighters 2007 Tour

Place	Winner	2º Position	3º Position
Madrid	Travis Pastrana	Mat Rebeaud	Nate Adams
Slane Castle	Travis Pastrana	Mat Rebeaud	Dani Torres
México	Dani Torres	Nate Adams	Robbie Madisson

Red Bull X-Fighters 2006

Place	Winner	2º Position	3º Position
Madrid	Travis Pastrana	Nate Adams	Mat Rebeaud
México	Mat Rebeaud	Ronnie Renner	Travis Pastrana

Red Bull X-Fighters 2005

Place	Winner	2º Position	3º Position
Madrid	Nate Adams	Jeremy Stenberg	Mat Rebeaud
México	Ronnie Renner	Jeremy Stenberg	Kenny Bartram

Red Bull X-Fighters 2004

Place	Winner	2º Position	3º Position
Madrid	Travis Pastrana	Nate Adams	Ronnie Renner

Red Bull X-Fighters 2003

Place	Winner	2º Position	3º Position
Madrid	Kenny Bartram	Nate Adams	Dayne Kinnaird
Valencia	Kenny Bartram	Nate Adams	Nick Franklin

Red Bull X-Fighters 2002

Place	Winner	2º Position	3º Position
Madrid	Edgar Torronteras	Mike Jones	Mike Metzger

Red Bull X-Fighters 2001

Place	Winner	2º Position	3º Position
Valencia	Mike Jones	Edgar Torronteras	Xavier Fabre

External links

U21 2009 RedBull X-Fighters tour include the following debut professionals:

Altore, Jacob 21 Alford, Corey 20 Barker, Jayson 16 Braun, A 18 Canter, Tim 20 Canter, Matt 21 Dolot, Rob 19 Duggan, Patrick 18 Garton, Andrew 19 Guo, Eric 18 Heisel, Curtis 20 Jacobson, Peter 21 Johnson, Xander 17 Kahn, Josh 18 Phelps, Jordan 20 Satterwhite, Rod 18 Schueller, Jack 20 Schueller, John 19 Vorva, Davis 19 Williams, Aaron 21 Winfree, Knight 20 Wozniak, Kyle 19