Thomas Pages Starts Out the 2013 X-Fighters Season with Win in Mexico City Colin Bane - ESPN.com
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The first round of 2013 Red Bull X-Fighters in Mexico. French rider Tom Pages won the opening round beating spanish Dany Torres. (Matthieu BlogMoto)

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Thomas Pagès, who was runner-up last year, starts out the 2013 X-Fighters season impressively in Mexico City.

French rider Thomas Pagès dominated the Red Bull X-Fighters event Friday night in Mexico City, beating out Spanish rider Dany Torres in the head-to-head finals to win the first event of the six-stop 2013 world tour.

"It was really hard because every rider was pretty good," Pagès said in a podium interview after the competition, before humbly paying respect to Torres. "Dany, I think he's the best rider in the world."

Pagès dedicated the win to his friend and longtime competitor Eigo Sato, wearing Sato's jersey throughout the competition. The Japanese rider died in Japan last week after a crash during training for the X-Fighters tour.

Pagès and Torres held a Japanese flag together in Sato's memory as they awaited their scores after the final round, and riders at the event were all promoting a donation site set up to help assist Sato's wife and two children.

"I had Japan with me so it was easy to do it," Pagès said, reflecting on his win.

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Red Bull X-Fighters results: Mexico City, March 8, 2013

1     Tom Pagés (FRA)
2     Dany Torres (ESP)
3     Levi Sherwood (NZL)
4     Rob Adelberg (AUS)
5     Josh Sheehan (AUS)
6     Maikel Melero (ESP)
7     Todd Potter (USA)
8     Truman Carroll (AUS)
9     Erick Ruiz (MEX)
10     Martin Koren (CZE)
11     Alex Cervantes (MEX)

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