The two most common types of competitions are mass start events, in which all of the riders begin their race at the same time (sometimes with a handicap) and compete to be the first to reach a predetermined finish point, and time trials, in which individual riders or teams compete against the clock to complete a course.
(December 2020) The player takes part in bike race competition in the context of a racing game, which is a subgenre of the video game genre known as "racing games." They might be based on anything, from actual racing leagues to made-up worlds or anything else you can think of.
The most common ones are called road racing, hill climbs, trials, speedway racing, motocross racing, drag racing, and ice racing. Road races are competitions that take place on closed courses, in which some or all of the terrain may consist of public highways.