Cycling Development Model During the Covid-19 Pandemic

The purpose of the present study was to provide a model for the development of cycling during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

The study was qualitative, with a grounded theory approach. Participants were selected through purposive sampling. The interviewees consisted of all professors of sports management and sports managers and experts. The research tool was a semi-structured interview and the results were analyzed by open, axial and selective coding.

After analyzing the interviews, in relation to causal factors, 6 categories of individual causes, cultural causes, managerial causes, causes of sustainable development, health causes and infrastructural causes were obtained; In the contextual factors section, 8 categories of individual factors, women's sports factors, economic factors, structural factors, manpower factors, infrastructure factors, managerial factors and supportive factors were obtained; In relation to the intervening factors, 5 main categories of media interventions, event interventions, organizational interventions, incentive and motivational interventions and urban and citizenship interventions were identified; In relation to strategies, 7 main categories of economic approaches, improvement of sports infrastructure, inter-organizational interactions, institutionalization of sports culture, continuous evaluation and control, development of human resources capabilities and diversity and multiplicity of events were identified; In the section on consequences, 4 main categories of promotion of physical abilities, social development, culture building and psychological consequences were obtained. 

According to the results of the research, the Ministry of Sports and Youth and the Cycling Federation are proposed to unify the procedure and formulate short-term and long-term cycling development plans based on the results of this research.