Red Bull X-Fighters Giza: Jones Rides Like An Egyptian

The
Great Sphinx of Giza and more than 10,000 fans cast a keen eye over the
12 best FMX athletes on the planet on Friday night. At the second stop of the
Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2010, desert winds, sand and temperatures
of more than 100 degrees pushed man and machine to the limit, with Adam
Jones (USA) emerging victorious in front of one of the world’s most
spectacular backdrops.

Directly
in front of the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World, the Great
Sphinx of Giza built between 2700 and 2600 BC, it was the American Adam
Jones who destroyed his 11 opponents’ dreams of victory by progressing
all the way to the Final, where he tricked and flipped his way past the
winner of the season opener in Mexico City, the Norwegian Andrè Villa,
to win the event.

“This
really is a dream come true for me. The conditions in Cairo weren’t
easy, but my final run was perfect, and that meant the judges were then
on my side,” grinned the 26-year-old.

In
front of the 241-foot-long and 66-foot-high Great Sphinx of Giza, it was
“only” the nerves of the top freestyle motocross riders from Europe,
Asia, America and Australia that crumbled away as they sailed 49 feet
high and 100 feet in length through the warm night air. All of the
members of the international FMX elite were in agreement: “To be able to
jump at such a unique location is just incredible.”

After
two of the six stops comprising the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2010
it is Villa who continues to lead the overall standings. The next event
is scheduled to take place on Moscow’s Red Square on June 26, 2010.

Final
Results: Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2010, Cairo, Egypt: