bicycle race vs crit

bicycle race and crit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bicycle race	Yes	No	No	No
crit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crit is a hyponym of bicycle race; that is, crit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bicycle race:

bicycle race: a race between people riding bicycles
crit: a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles)

Other hyponyms of bicycle race include Tour de France, criterium.

bicycle race (noun)	crit (noun)
a race between people riding bicycles	a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles)