 Due to injury, Roche withdrew from the Tour of Ireland and missed the World Championship.Roche had planned 2008 for the Giro d'Italia but organizers RCS did not invite his team.He changed his schedule, and finished sixth in the Tour Ivoirien de la Paix, 15th in Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas in Spain and won a stage in GP Internacional Paredes Rota dos Móveis in Portugal.