BDR president Scharping leaves the media center of the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Stuttgart...
Rudolf Scharping, president of Germany's cycling union BDR leaves the media center of the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Stuttgart September 27, 2007. Scharping reacted to a statement by Susanne Eisenmann, Stuttgart's deputy mayor responsible for sports and chief of the organisation committee of the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Stuttgart, who said the city of Stuttgart would ask a court to ensure that only cyclists who have signed the anti-doping pledge will be allowed to take part in the road world championships in the southwestern German city. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY)