Spaniard Dany Tores flies high above the Marqués de Riscal wine-growing region.

Spain’s FMX superstar Dany Torres completed a spectacular training session on Tuesday evening with a standard Freestyle motocross bike in front of the awe-inspiring backdrop of the Marqués de Riscal wine-growing region in Elciego in Spain.

The 24-year-old local hero is seen as the favorite going into the fourth stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour on Friday evening in Madrid’s bullfighting arena.

Torres raced at a speed of 55 km/h over a 2.5-meter high ramp in front of the Hotel Marqués de Riscal and landed safely after a 15-meter jump.

“It’s a unique landscape and an impressive building,” said Torres. “During the jump I had to concentrate completely on the job at hand.” D

esigned by architect Frank O. Gehry, whose works include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the main building of the Marques de Riscal complex has become an international tourist attraction.

On Friday evening Torres will be on center stage in the Plaza de Toros de las Ventas and attempting to force his 11 opponents from around the world to their knees and leave the bullfighting arena triumphant.

The Red Bull X-Fighters have come to Spain every year since the first event here in Valencia in 2001 and the competition in Madrid will be the 33rd running of Red Bull X-Fighters in the history of the world’s best FMX tour.

It will be taking place in Spain for the 12th time and 10th time in Madrid (Valencia hosted the event in 2001 and 2003).

Nate Adams, who will not be in Madrid due to an injury, is leading the 2011 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour after getting third place in the season opener in Dubai and back-to-back victories in Brasilia and Rome.

Andre Villa (NOR) is 40 points behind and has plenty of chances to close the gap with three events left on the calendar in Spain, Poznan on 6 August and Sydney on 17 September.