Red Bull X-Fighters

Red Bull X-Fighters are freestyle motocross competitions that were originally primarily held in bullring . In addition to the X Games, they are the most prestigious and demanding competitions in Freestyle Motocross (FMX for short).

Red Bull X-Fighters are invitation tournaments in which the best freestylers in the world meet. The competitions get their special flair on the one hand from the relative narrowness of the bullring (and the resulting closeness of the audience to the sporting events) and on the other hand from the adoption of some rituals of a typical corrida : For example, the riders are greeted with drum rolls and trumpet fanfares, and that The audience honors the performance of the riders by waving white towels.

history

The idea for Red Bull X-Fighters came from energy drink producer Red Bull. The first competition took place in 2001 in the bullring in Valencia . In 2002 the competition moved to Madrid - Las Ventas , Spain's largest and most important bullring. With 23,000 spectators, the competition, which has been held in Madrid every year since 2002, is Europe's largest annual FMX event. In 2003, Valencia hosted the Red Bull X-Fighters for the second time alongside Madrid. From 2005 to 2010 the competition was also held annually in Mexico - in the Monumental Plaza de Toros in Mexico City , the largest bullring in the world with 43,000 seats. Mexico City was not an integral part of the World Series in 2011 and thus only one event of the 2011 was held in a bullring. In 2013 the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour returned to Mexico and with Madrid two bullring in the program.

regulate

A Red Bull X-Fighters event usually lasts three days. On the first day there is an introduction for the drivers, on the second day the qualification and on the third day the actual competition. Training takes place on all three days. Each driver has 90 seconds to run. Referees score each run with points in the categories Variety, Challenge and Execution, Style, Use of Course and Show and Spectator Reaction. The eight participants for the competition are determined through the qualification. The ranking is based on the points awarded. The competition consists of quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. In the quarter-finals, the 1st of the qualification competes against the 8th, the 2nd against the 7th, and so on. The points no longer count, only the direct comparison between the drivers. You have to win at least three of the five rating categories in order to advance. The winners of the respective duels go to the semi-finals, where, according to the placements from the qualification, the best against the worst and the second best against the second worst. The winners of the duels qualify for the final, in which the winner of the entire event is determined.

The championship points are distributed as follows after placement:

1st place: 100 points 2nd place: 080 points 3rd place: 065 points 4th place: 055 points 5th place: 045 points 6th place: 035 points

07th place: 30 points 08th place: 25 points 09th place: 20 points 10th place: 15 points 11th place: 10 points 12th place: 05 points

Red Bull X-Fighters on TV

All races will be broadcast live on the Internet via Red Bull Web TV. In addition, ServusTV shows the competitions, also in high definition.

Red Bull X-Fighters in Germany

In 2008, the X-Fighters Tour made its first stop in Germany. On August 16, the fifth of six competitions of the 2008 tour took place in the Oetelshofen quarry in Wuppertal under the motto “FMX meets Industry”. For the one-day event, a 15,000-seat grandstand was built in the limestone quarry . The victory went to the Swiss Mat Rebeaud , who was able to secure the overall Tour victory ahead of time thanks to his success in Wuppertal.

On July 19, 2014, the X-Fighters-Tour will make its fourth of five stops in the 2014 series in Munich. For the first time in the history of the FMX, the course is being built on the water. Large parts of the route are built on floating bodies, so-called pontoons .

Results

Red Bull X-Fighters 2015 Tour

Overall winner: Clinton Moore

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Abu Dhabi	Clinton Moore	Rob Adelberg	Josh Sheehan
Pretoria	Thomas Pages	Clinton Moore	Taka Higashino
Madrid	Thomas Pages	Levi Sherwood	Clinton Moore
Athens	Clinton Moore	Thomas Pages	Rob Adelberg
Mexico city	Clinton Moore	Levi Sherwood	Thomas Pages

Red Bull X-Fighters 2014 Tour

Overall winner: Josh Sheehan

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Pretoria	Josh Sheehan	Dany Torres	Adam Jones
Munich	Josh Sheehan	Taka Higashino	Levi Sherwood
Madrid	Thomas Pages	Josh Sheehan	Levi Sherwood
Osaka	Levi Sherwood	Remi Bizouard	Dany Torres
Mexico city	Levi Sherwood	Josh Sheehan	Dany Torres

Red Bull X-Fighters 2013 Tour

Overall winner: Tom Pagès

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Pretoria	Called off
Madrid	Thomas Pages	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 city	Thomas Pages	Dany Torres	Levi Sherwood

Red Bull X-Fighters 2012 Tour

Overall winner: Levi Sherwood

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Sydney	Levi Sherwood	Thomas Pages	Josh Sheehan
Munich	Thomas Pages	Dany Torres	Eigo Sato
Madrid	Levi Sherwood	Dany Torres	Maikel Melero
Istanbul	called off
Glen Helen	Todd Potter	Thomas Pages	Wes Agee
Dubai	Levi Sherwood	Rob Adelberg	Javier Villegas

Red Bull X-Fighters 2011 Tour

Overall winner: Dany Torres

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Sydney	Josh Sheehan	Levi Sherwood	Dany Torres
Poznań	Nate Adams	Dany Torres	Eigo Sato
Madrid	Dany Torres	Blake Williams	Josh Sheehan
Rome	Nate Adams	André Villa	Josh Sheehan
Brasilia	Nate Adams	Robbie Maddison	André Villa
Dubai	Dany Torres	André Villa	Nate Adams
Overall rating	Dany Torres	Nate Adams	Andre Villa

Red Bull X-Fighters 2010 Tour

Overall winner: Nate Adams

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Rome	Dany Torres	Adam Jones	Nate Adams
London	Levi Sherwood	Nate Adams	Dany Torres
Madrid	Robbie Maddison	Mat Rebeaud	André Villa
Moscow	Levi Sherwood	Nate Adams	André Villa
Cairo	Adam Jones	André Villa	Nate Adams
Mexico city	André Villa	Nate Adams	Robbie Maddison
Overall rating	Nate Adams	Andre Villa	Dany Torres

Red Bull X-Fighters 2009 Tour

Overall winner: Nate Adams

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
London	Nate Adams	Levi Sherwood	Dany Torres
Madrid	Dany Torres	Nate Adams	Robbie Maddison
Fort Worth	Nate Adams	Mat Rebeaud	Cameron Sinclair
Calgary	Robbie Madisson	Eigo Sato	Mat Rebeaud
Mexico city	Levi Sherwood	Eigo Sato	Mat Rebeaud
Overall rating	Nate Adams	Robbie Madisson	Eigo Satō, Mat Rebeaud

Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 Tour

Overall winner: Mat Rebeaud

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Warsaw	Dany Torres	Robbie Maddison	Mat Rebeaud
Wuppertal	Mat Rebeaud	Jeremy Lusk	Dany Torres
Madrid	Mat Rebeaud	André Villa	Robbie Maddison
Fort Worth	Mat Rebeaud	Jeremy Stenberg	Jeremy Lusk
Rio de Janeiro	Jeremy Stenberg	Mat Rebeaud	Robbie Maddison
Mexico city	Mat Rebeaud	Dany Torres	Jeremy Lusk
Overall rating	Mat Rebeaud	Dany Torres	Jeremy Lusk

Red Bull X-Fighters 2007 Tour

Overall winner: Travis Pastrana

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Madrid	Travis Pastrana	Mat Rebeaud	Nate Adams
Slane Castle	Travis Pastrana	Mat Rebeaud	Dany Torres
Mexico city	Dany Torres	Nate Adams	Robbie Madisson
Overall rating	Travis Pastrana	Mat Rebeaud	Dany Torres

Red Bull X-Fighters 2006

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Madrid	Travis Pastrana	Nate Adams	Mat Rebeaud
Mexico city	Mat Rebeaud	Ronnie Renner	Travis Pastrana

Red Bull X-Fighters 2005

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Madrid	Nate Adams	Jeremy Stenberg	Mat Rebeaud
Mexico city	Ronnie Renner	Jeremy Stenberg	Kenny Bartram

Red Bull X-Fighters 2004

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Madrid	Travis Pastrana	Nate Adams	Ronnie Renner

Red Bull X-Fighters 2003

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Madrid	Kenny Bartram	Nate Adams	Dayne Kinnaird
Valencia	Kenny Bartram	Nate Adams	Nick Franklin

Red Bull X-Fighters 2002

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Madrid	Edgar Torronteras	Mike Jones	Mike Metzger

Red Bull X-Fighters 2001

place	winner	2nd place	3rd place
Valencia	Mike Jones	Edgar Torronteras	Xavier Fabre

Individual evidence

1. ↑ RedBull.com: All About Red Bull X-Fighters , July 26, 2010
2. ↑ ServusTV.com: Red Bull X-Fighters 2010 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 26, 2010 

Web links

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