Scharping re-elected as head of German federation

Rudolf Scharping was re-elected as President of the Bund Deutscher Radfahrer, the German cycling federation. He has served in that office since 2005.

Scharping received 399 of the votes, with the remaining 174 going to Dieter Berkmann.

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Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.