Red Bull X-Fighters

Spanish rider Maikel Melero at an exhibition in Jarama Circuit.

Red Bull X-Fighters are freestyle motocross (FMX) motorbike stunt competitions contested in bullrings and similar venues. Alongside the X Games, they are the most prestigious and most challenging freestyle motocross 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 audience may honour 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, Spain. 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. In 2008, the competition was hosted by Poland's 10th-Anniversary Stadium, and was the last event taking place there. A week after the motocross competition, it was demolished in order to allow the construction of a new site - the National Stadium, Warsaw, where a round of the Red Bull X-Fighters 2011 was set to be staged as the first event taking place at the newly built stadium, but the stadium wasn't reay yet and the event was moved to Poznan. The final round of the 2009 season took place at Battersea Power Station in London. Red Bull X-Fighters had its biggest event in Sri Lanka, Colombo at Galle Face Green on 2010 with a record 230,000 spectators on site.

Freestyle competition results

Red Bull X-Fighters 2015 Tour

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Abu Dhabi	Clinton Moore	Rob Adelberg	Josh Sheehan
Pretoria	Thomas Pagès	Clinton Moore	Taka Higashino
Madrid	Thomas Pagès	Levi Sherwood	Clinton Moore
Athens	Clinton Moore	Thomas Pagès	Rob Adelberg
Mexico	Clinton Moore	Levi Sherwood	Thomas Pagès

Red Bull X-Fighters 2014 Tour

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Pretoria	Josh Sheehan	Dany Torres	Adam Jones
Munich	Josh Sheehan	Taka Higashino	Levi Sherwood
Madrid	Thomas Pagès	Josh Sheehan	Levi Sherwood
Osaka	Levi Sherwood	Remi Bizouard	Dany Torres
Mexico	Levi Sherwood	Josh Sheehan	Dany Torres

Red Bull X-Fighters 2013 Tour

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Pretoria	Cancelled
Madrid	Thomas Pagès	Taka Higashino	Javier Villegas
Osaka	Taka Higashino	Thomas Pages	Adam Jones
Glen Helen	Rob Adelberg	Thomas Pages	Taka Higashino
Dubai	Dany Torres	Levi Sherwood	Thomas Pages
Mexico	Thomas Pages	Dany Torres	Levi Sherwood

Red Bull X-Fighters 2012 Tour

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Sydney	Levi Sherwood	Thomas Pages	Josh Sheehan
Munich	Thomas Pages	Dany Torres	Eigo Sato
Madrid	Levi Sherwood	Dany Torres	Maikel Melero
Istanbul	Cancelled
Glen Helen	Todd Potter	Thomas Pages	Wes Agee
Dubai	Levi Sherwood	Rob Adelberg	Javier Villegas

Red Bull X-Fighters 2011 Tour

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Sydney	Josh Sheehan	Levi Sherwood	Dany Torres
Poznan	Nate Adams	Dany Torres	Eigo Sato
Madrid	Dany Torres	Blake Williams	Josh Sheehan
Rome	Nate Adams	Andre Villa	Josh Sheehan
Brasilia	Nate Adams	Robbie Maddison	Andre Villa
Dubai	Dany Torres	Andre Villa	Nate Adams

Red Bull X-Fighters 2010 Tour

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Rome	Dany Torres	Adam Jones	Nate Adams
London	Levi Sherwood	Nate Adams	Dany Torres
Madrid	Robbie Maddison	Mat Rebeaud	Andre Villa
Moscow	Levi Sherwood	Nate Adams	Andre Villa
Giza	Adam Jones	Andre Villa	Nate Adams
Mexico	Andre Villa	Nate Adams	Robbie Maddison

Red Bull X-Fighters 2009 Tour

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
London	Nate Adams	Levi Sherwood	Dany Torres
Madrid	Dany Torres	Nate Adams	Robbie Maddison
Fort Worth	Nate Adams	Mat Rebeaud	Cam Sinclair
Calgary	Robbie Maddison	Eigo Sato	Mat Rebeaud
Mexico	Levi Sherwood	Eigo Sato	Mat Rebeaud

Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 Tour

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Warsaw	Dany Torres	Robbie Maddison	Mat Rebeaud
Wuppertal	Mat Rebeaud	Jeremy Lusk	Dany Torres
Madrid	Mat Rebeaud	Andre Villa	Robbie Maddison
Fort Worth	Mat Rebeaud	Jeremy Stenberg	Jeremy Lusk
Rio de Janeiro	Jeremy Stenberg	Mat Rebeaud	Robbie Maddison
Mexico	Mat Rebeaud	Dany Torres	Jeremy Lusk

Red Bull X-Fighters 2007 Tour

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Madrid	Travis Pastrana	Mat Rebeaud	Nate Adams
Slane Castle	Travis Pastrana	Mat Rebeaud	Dany Torres
Mexico	Dany Torres	Nate Adams	Robbie Maddison

Red Bull X-Fighters 2006

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Madrid	Travis Pastrana	Nate Adams	Mat Rebeaud
Mexico	Mat Rebeaud	Ronnie Renner	Travis Pastrana

Red Bull X-Fighters 2005

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Madrid	Nate Adams	Jeremy Stenberg	Mat Rebeaud
Mexico	Ronnie Renner	Jeremy Stenberg	Kenny Bartram

Red Bull X-Fighters 2004

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

Red Bull X-Fighters 2003

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

Red Bull X-Fighters 2002

Place	Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Madrid	Edgar Torronteras	Mike Jones	Mike Metzger

Red Bull X-Fighters 2001

Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	17	16	13
2	Spain	8	6	8
3	Australia	7	6	10
4	New Zealand	7	3	5
5	Switzerland	5	5	5
6	France	3	5	1
7	Japan	1	4	3
8	Norway	1	4	*
9	Chile	*	*	2
Total

Winners

World Tour

Year	Winner
2015	Clinton Moore
2014	Josh Sheehan
2013	Thomas Pagès
2012	Levi Sherwood
2011	Dany Torres
2010	Nate Adams
2009	Nate Adams
2008	Mat Rebeaud
2007	Travis Pastrana

Previous events

Year	Winner
2006	Travis Pastrana
-	Mat Rebeaud
2005	Jeremy Stenberg
2004	Travis Pastrana
2003	Kenny Bartram
2002	Edgar Torronteras
2001	Mike Jones

Best Trick Results

During the years 2008 and 2009. The event was a best trick contest to be held in Madrid the day before the freestyle event.

Red Bull X-Fighters Madrid 2009 Best Trick

Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Robbie Maddison	Cam Sinclair	Thomas Pages

Red Bull X-Fighters Madrid 2008 Best Trick

Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Dany Torres	Mat Rebeaud	Robbie Maddison

Records

• Most Wins:Levi Sherwood (8 wins)
• Most Podiums: Nate Adams (18 Podiums)

Wild Card Competition

The first Wild Card Competition was held in Madrid in 2010, the day before the finals.

Winner	2nd Position	3rd Position
Jackson Strong	Maikel Melero	Clinton Moore

References

External links

• Red Bull X-Fighters
• Red Bull X-Fighters Encyclopedia
• Red Bull X-Fighters Community