Maddo takes third place in the 2008 Red Bull X-Fighters FMX competition
Posted on September 9, 2008
Filed Under Freestyle Motocross |
Aussie FMX legend, Robbie ‘Maddo’ Maddison secured third place in the 2008 Red Bull X-Fighters overall standings after a thrilling second place victory in the World Series final which took place on Saturday, 6 September at the legendary Stadion X-lecia (Stadium of the Decade) in Warsaw.
Maddo finished the series off with a bang, moving up from fourth place to third on 320 points - just 25 points behind overall second place winner Dany Torres (ESP). This year’s high-flyer Mat Rebeaud (SUI) already secured his victory in the Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 overall standings before the final in Poland, after winning four of the six rounds in Mexico City (MEX), Texas (USA), Madrid (ESP) and Wuppertal (GER).
Just one day before the legendary stadium was razed to the ground, Maddo roared the crowd with his impressive tricks and jaw-dropping jumps which scored him the lead in front of American Jeremy Lusk, who crashed twice in the Polish capital.
The world-exclusive Super Session saw four teams of three riders fight it out in the disciplines of Step Up, Speed&Style, Quarterpipe Jam and Classic FMX. Superstar Travis Pastrana made his for-one-night-only comeback at the Session, finishing in first place with “Team Renner” (Ronnie Renner/USA, Travis Pastrana/USA, Thomas Pages/FRA, just ahead of “Team Rebeaud” (Mat Rebeaud/CH, Jeremy Lusk/injured/USA, Mike Mason/USA), “Team Maddison” (Robbie Maddison/AUS, Myles Richmond/USA, Gilles Dejong/BEL) and “Team Oglaza” (Bartek Oglaza/POL, Libor Podmol/CZE, Dany Torres/ESP).
“Now they can tear down the stadium. That was the ultimate goodbye – there is nothing that could beat that for a final farewell,” agreed Mat Rebeaud and Travis Pastrana.
Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 promises FMX fans an even bigger and better series next year. Stay tuned for the list of riders and exciting locations for Red Bull X-Fighters 2009!
Final Results Red Bull X-Fighters Warsaw:
1. Dany Torres (ESP)
2. Robbie Maddison (AUS)
3. Mat Rebeaud (SUI)
Final Overall Standings Red Bull X-Fighters Series 08:
Mat Rebeaud (SUI) 465 pts
Dany Torres (ESP) 345 pts
Robbie Maddison (AUS) 320 pts
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