Scharping elected German federation president

The former German Minister of Defence, Rudolf Scharping, has been elected as the new president of the German Cycling Federation (BDR). Scharping, 57, will succeed Sylvia Schenk, who announced in September 2004 that she wouldn't be standing for re-election.

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