Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 da kuma kyaftin din kungiyar kekuna, a tseren tseren maza
tseren a Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2008 a Beijing ta hanyar karɓar ɗayan wurare uku na ƙasar don tawagarsa daga Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), dangane da aikinsa na farko a jerin gasar cin kofin duniya, Gasar Cin Kofin 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.