Paris-Brussels's a semi classic European bicycle race. It's one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris-Brussels was first run in 1893 as an amateur event over two days. The race was a Spring Classic towards the end of April, between Paris-Roubaix and Gent-Wevelgem. The event lost its prestige in 1966 when Dutch promoted the Amstel Gold Race. The race was also affected by traffic problems and wasn't run between 1967 and 1972. When the race returned in 1973 it was midwe… (More on Paris-brussels)