Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Shekaru goma sha biyu bayan fitowar sa ta farko a gasar Olympics, Paulissen ya cancanci shiga tawagarsa ta hudu ta Belgium, a matsayin dan shekara 32 kuma kyaftin din kungiyar kekuna, a gasar Olympics ta Turai.
tseren tseren maza a gasar Olympics ta 2008 a Beijing ta hanyar karɓar ɗaya daga cikin wurare uku da ke akwai a ƙasar don tawagarsa daga Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), bisa ga aikinsa na farko a jerin gasar cin kofin duniya, gasar zakarun duniya, da Mountain Bike World Series. Ya yi nasarar kammala tsayin kilomita 4.8 mai tsauri, mai cin amana a cikin ƙasa tare da ƙoƙari na goma sha tara a cikin 2:03:30, wanda ya rage damarsa ta hawa kan dandalin wasannin Olympic a karo na hudu.