57 year-old former Defence Minister Rudolf Scharping will become the new president of the German Cycling Federation (BDR), succeeding Sylvia Schenk who stepped down last year. Scharping will stand unopposed at the March 19 election in Saarbrücken after the other candidate, Max Benz, stood down.
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