The 2008 edition of the Roc Laissagais enjoyed sunny weather and a large audience along the whole course. The BH SR-Suntour team participated along with Julien Absalon (Orbea BTT), former World and Olympic champion Miguel Martínez (New Cycling-Look) and Olivier Maignan (BMC).

For the first 7 kilometers, the BH SR-Suntour team was up front, while Miguel Martínez was having some problems with his pedalier and fell behind. Meanwhile, Julien Absalon went full steam ahead, and at km 32 had a 1’30” lead over Maxime Marotte, Pierre Lebreton and Nicolas Bazin. In the end, Maxime Marotte and Pierre Lebreton achieved 2nd and 3rd place, all in all an excellent race.

50 km classification:

1. Julien Absalon (Orbea): 2h23'27"
2. Pierre Lebreton (BH SR-Suntour) + 2'10"
3. Nicolas Bazin (BH SR-Suntour) +3'10"
4. Maxime Marotte (BH SR-Suntour) +3'26"
5. Olivier Maignan (BMC) +5'37"
6. Miguel Martinez (New Cycling-Look) +5'44"
7. Alexandre Geniez (Planète 2 Roues) + 6'01"
8. Arnaud Grosjean (BH SR-Suntour) +6'49"
9. Denis Vorontsov (Russie) +7'08"
10. Kohei Yamamoto (Grenade Team VTT) +9'17"