German cycling federation confusion

After saying yesterday that Erik Zabel won't be riding the World Championships this year due to his admission of taking EPO in 1996, the BDR (German Cycling Federation) is now backpedalling. President Rudolf Scharping declared that the "decision won't be made until September."

According to press agency sid, BDR's vice-president (of recreational cycling) Wolfgang Schoppe has said in the meantime "there is no rush to make that call." He was quoted yesterday by the Tagesspiegel saying that the federation is against a start of Zabel in Stuttgart and the formal decision will be made this Friday.