Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen, who stepped down from his position to concentrate on his work within the International Olympic Committee (IOC), will have to be re-elected as an IOC member if he wants to take up chairmanship of the co-ordination commission for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing again. Oddly enough, Verbruggen lost the membership as it was dependent on his UCI position.
New IOC members will be elected by a majority vote at a session in Turin scheduled to take place from February 8-10, 2006. Up to 70 candidates have applied for the membership, but only four or five new members are likely to be elected.
