Two Aussies landed on the Madrid X-Fighters podium behind Danny Torres on Friday night.

Australian Blake ‘Bilko’ Williams finished second in the Madrid round of the Red Bull X-Fighters competition in Spain on Friday night.

Dany Torres grabbed the bull by the horns with a brilliant victory against the world’s best freestyle motocross riders in a gala event in Madrid marking the sport’s 10th anniversary at the Plaza de Toros de las Ventas.

Spain’s local hero forced his rival Bilko to his knees in the bullring in front of 25,000 delighted Spanish fans.

Torres got a perfect five-for-five from the duly impressed jury members and sent the giant crowd watching in Spain’s biggest bullfighting arena into fits of euphoria.

“It’s the best day of my life,” the 24-year-old beamed after his second victory in the bullring in Madrid, built in 1931, after what was the 10th time the Red Bull X-Fighters performed in Spain.

The 10s of thousands of fans had packed the famous bullring, which had been converted into an FMX course with a gigantic pile of dirt in the center, and repeatedly held their breath watching the daring performances.

Backflips, no-hand landings or 360-degree turns on ordinary motocross bikes sent shivers through the crowd and led to a series of spontaneous waves around the stadium.

David Rinaldo of France and Chile’s Javier Villegas pressed a bit too hard and saw their hopes of greater glory crushed in spectacular crashes – with fortunately neither seriously hurt.

“You’ve got to push to the boundaries of physics go do these jumps,” said Bilko.

Rounding out the podium in Madrid was Aussie rising star Josh Sheehan on his Carlton Dry Honda.

Norway’s Andre Villa moved into the overall lead, just five points ahead of Nate Adams, who was sidelined with an injury. The Norwegian ace squandered a golden opportunity to move further ahead after a blunder-filled performance in the quarterfinals.

Torres collected 100 points with his second victory this year and raised his season total to 245 points in third place overall.

First held in 2001 in Valencia, the global FMX Tour has now been held 33 times around the world. The next event with the two-stroke engines takes place in three weeks in Poznan (POL).

The season finale will take place in the home of Australian FMX superstar Robbie Maddison on 17 September in Sydney. Maddison was eighth in Madrid.