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Here at Pez we pride ourselves on being on the case of who's up and coming - but sometimes even Pez misses the boat. The first we heard of Tom Faiers was when he signed recently for Pro Tour team Footon-Servetto; but a quick call to the team's main man - ex-pro Mauro Gianetti, soon had us in communication with the 22 year-old Englishman from Cheltenham, who has the likes of Luis Leon Sanchez and Alejandro Valverde singing his praises.

在PEZ这里，我们对于能处理一个关于一个车手成长的案例感到非常自豪，因为甚至有时候连PEZ也会错过这样的机会。第一次听到有关Tom Faiers的消息还是当他最近与职业车队Footon-Servetto签约的时候，但很快我们就联系上车队的主要负责人Mauro Gianetti，使得我们能与这个来自Cheltenham，喜欢Leon Sanchez 和Alejandro Valverde 唱歌的22岁英国小伙进行交流。

PEZ: Congratulations on the contract and thank you for taking the time to speak to Pez - how come we've not heard of you, Tom?
Tom: I'm new to it all, I've never raced in the UK; I came into cycling late, at 18 after a year in triathlon.

PEZ：恭喜你获得这个这份合同，同时感谢你抽时间来上来PEZ交流。为什么一直以来我们都没怎么听到有关你的消息，Tom？

Tom：对于这里的一切我都是一个新人，我从来没有在英国比赛，我很迟才正式开始自己的职业生涯，应该在18岁那年吧，正好玩了一年铁人三项后。

PEZ: Why Spain?
Tom: I went on a Graham Baxter training camp to Murcia when I was 18. When I was out there, we ran into Spanish amateurs and pros; one day we met Valverde and Sanchez, I stayed with them in the hills - everyone else was dropped - and they encouraged me to race over there. It was really hard to start with, I didn't speak any Spanish and I drove to races on my own, in my car, which I'd brought over from England. I stayed in Graham Baxter's house in Murcia for a while, then I rented an apartment, there.

PEZ：为什么会在西班牙开始？

Tom：18岁的时候，我住在Murcia继续Graham Baxter的训练。当我从那里出来后，我遇到一些西班牙的职业和业余的队员。有一天我遇见了Valverde和Sanchez，我和他们一起呆在山里。其他人都在下降，他们都鼓励我在那里比赛。这是一个艰难的开始，我不会说西班牙语，我一个人开着从英格兰拿回来的汽车去比赛。在Murcia，我住了一段时间Graham Baxter的房子，然后我就在那租了间公寓、

PEZ: You rode for the Camargo team, this year?
Tom: I rode for Fuenlabrada in 2008 and went to Camargo for 2009. It's a good set up, ranked fifth in Spain, the manager is very knowledgeable and there's a family, friendly feel to it.

PEZ：你这一年都为Camagro车队效力吗？

Tom：我08年为Fuenlabrada车队效力，然后在09年久去了Camargo车队。这是一个好的开始，车队在西班牙排名第五，而也管理者非常有见识。在这里是个家庭，至少我是这么友好地感受到。

PEZ: Palmares?
Tom: In the first two years, I didn't ride a lot of races, it was hard to enter races and get to them. But in '08 I started to find my legs and had around 70 race days - including 10 Tours. This year was my breakthrough, I was 8th in the Vuelta Madrid, which is one of the biggest under 23 races in Spain. I had a lot top six places and three wins - the U23 Championship of Asturias, the Elite U23 GP Orgario and an elite U23 in Cantabria.

PEZ：把握住机会了么？

Tom：在开头的两年，我无法去骑行很多比赛，我很难融入比赛并跟住大家的节奏。但在08年，我开始找到自己的感觉，并完成了大概70天的骑行比赛，包括10场职业比赛。这一年是我的一个突破，在Vuelta Madrid中获得第八，这是西班牙最大的U23赛事。我参加了许多top six的比赛并获得了3次冠军——澳大利亚U23赛冠军、U23 GP Orgario精英赛冠军和U23 Cantabria冠军。

PEZ: Did you ever consider the GB "performance plan" as an option?
Tom: I didn't bother to start with because I didn't have results but in April or May, I rang Rod Ellingworth at British Cycling. He hadn't heard of me and didn't know much about the Spanish scene - so that came to nothing.

PEZ：作为选择，你没有考虑过GB的“performance计划”吗？

Tom：我从没被如何开始烦恼过，因为在五六月份的时候我没有任何结果。在英国赛时，我打电话给Ellingworth，他根本不认识我，也并不了解西拔牙的情况。所以事情就不了了之。

PEZ: Do you have an agent?
Tom: No, the contract for Footon-Servetto was set up between my Camargo team boss and Matxin the DS at Servetto. I've only spoken to Matxin a couple of times, but it was he who spotted the results I was getting. I've spoken to Mauro Gianetti, the boss, and he's been very friendly.
PEZ：你有经纪人吗？

Tom：没有，这份Footon-Servetto合约是我Camargo车队老板和Servetto 的Maxtin签订的。我只是和Maxtin谈过几次，但正是他使我获得了今天的结果。我已经和车队老板Mauro Gianetti谈过，他非常友善。

PEZ: Was there one ride in particular that clinched the deal?
Tom: In the Vuelta Palencia, I was second in the time trial, just 30 seconds behind the Spanish champion. It was my first time trial so I wasn't sure how I would go and I didn't give it 100%. I beat the time trial specialists in my own team by two minutes - it was that ride which Matxin really noticed. I'm a climber, really, 68 kilos, tall and thin, I don't have big muscle mass, I was surprised how I went in that time trial.
PEZ：有什么特别的比赛促使得这份合同谈成吗？

Tom：Matxin真正注意到我是在Vuelta Palencia的比赛里。我获得了个人计时赛的第二名，仅仅落后与西班牙冠军30秒。这是我第一次参加个人计时赛，所以我不能确定我该怎么做，所以我并没有百分百发挥。但我以2分钟的优势击败了我们队的计时赛好手。我是一个爬坡选手，真的，68公斤，又高又瘦，又没有很大块的肌肉。我都对自己在计时赛的表现感到惊讶。

PEZ: How's the Spanish; do you have the swear words?
Tom: I'm pretty much fluent now, the first two years were very hard, I couldn't even ring up my team manager to talk to him about where we were racing. And yes, I have all the swear words!
PEZ：西班语练得怎么样；学会了所有的脏话了吗？

Tom：现在说起来真是非常流利了。头两年真是非常困难，我甚至连打电话给车队经理问问我们要去哪里比赛都不行。现在好了，所有的脏话我都会讲了！

PEZ: Are you nervous about the jump to Pro Tour?
Tom: Yes, but looking forward to it too, I have a team mate with me, so that will make things a bit easier, but I really want to learn what it's all about.
PEZ：对于跳到职业队，紧张吗？

Tom：是的，但我同时也很期待。我有位队友陪我，所以这使得事情变得容易很多。但我真是非常想学到关于这里一切。

PEZ: Do you have your programme, yet?
Tom: We have a team meet on November 28 in Santander, we'll be getting our bikes then - I'm pretty sure it'll be Fujis - and talking about my programme. They'll decide if I'm riding San Luis in Argentina or the Tour Down Under.
PEZ：你有你自己的计划吗？

Tom：11月28日，我们将在santander召开个车队会议，我们将会拿到自己的车（我敢肯定那一定是Fujis的），然后开始我的计划。他们会决定我究竟参加在Argentina的San Luis大赛还是Tour Down Under。

PEZ: Have you started training, yet?
Tom: I've had five weeks off and am just back in the gym and on the bike.
PEZ：有开始训练了吗？

Tom：我已经训练5个星期了。之前还在健身房黎，刚从自行车下来。

PEZ: Goals for 2010?
Tom: I'm not targeting any specific race, or anything like that, I really just want to learn a lot and adapt. I want to stay with the pace, not be in the gruppetto.

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There you have it, like Jimmy Cliff says; "you can get it if you really want!"

PEZ：2010的目标是什么？

Tom：我没有指定很明确的赛事目标和类似的东西。我仅仅希望能学到很多东西和适应这一切。我希望是很平稳的发展，而不是大起大落。

……

这就是你拥有的，像Jimmy Cliff说的那样：“如果你真正渴望得到，你才能获得。”