THE FKG Tour of Toowoomba will celebrate five years in 2014 but event director John Osborne is not resting on his laurels.
At Tuesday's launch for the fifth instalment of the National Road Teams Series event, Osborne said it was important to improve the event every year.
"We fine tune every year we go. What we did this year is not good enough next year," he said.
"We're working to make it different because it is the fifth year.
"We're going to have some fifth year celebrations and the other fact is that with the Toowoomba Cyclefest, which has always been part of my long-term vision, we're expanding that.
"The Toowoomba Mountain Bike Club is coming on with a big two-day summer series event. BMX are on board. We're got the potential for other elements of cycling coming here.
"If you're into bikes, Toowoomba is the place to be in May."
The 2014 Tour of Toowoomba will run over four days from Thursday, May 22 until Sunday, May 25 and will again feature five stages.
The stage routes are close to being finalised but will again feature a Bunya Mountains stage, a teams time trial as well as the criterium around Queens Park on the Sunday afternoon to conclude the event.
And as part of the fifth anniversary celebrations, Osborne outlined a plan to start the first stage somewhere in Toowoomba.
Next year's tour will also be the longest in the five-year history of the event which is bound to test out the legs of some of the top riders from across Australia and possibly overseas.
This year's winner Nathan Earle was pencilled in to attend yesterday's launch but was an apology as he prepared to fly over to Europe to join up with road cycling powerhouse Team Sky, such is the standing the Tour of Toowoomba is developing.
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