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David Lynn and Pablo Larrazabal tied for lead after 36 holes of European Tour French Open at Le National

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Englishman David Lynn and Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal share the lead after two rounds of the Open de France ALSTOM, while star names Angel Cabrera, Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood all moved into contention to set-up a brilliant weekend’s golf.

Above, Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie who is in close contention after some vintage shots

Larrazabal, posted a one under par 70 to set the clubhouse lead of seven under par 135 that only Lynn could match by the end of the second day’s play.

Cabrera, Montgomerie and Westwood are all within two strokes of the leaders on five under, alongside Ignacio Garrido and Peter Lawrie. Defending champion Graeme Storm from England joined fellow -countryman Paul Broadhurst, Dane Søren Hansen and Indian Shiv Kapur on four under par.

Indian Shiv Kapur posted a superb eight under par 63 after starting the day with a bogey.

Le National Paris (PAR 72) Leaderboard as Follows.

135 David Lynn 70 65, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 65 70.
137 Colin Montgomerie 69 68, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 68 69, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 67 70, Peter Lawrie 66 71, Lee Westwood 69 68.
138 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 75 63, Soren Hansen (Den) 69 69, Paul Broadhurst 69 69, Graeme Storm 68 70.
139 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 70 69, Carl Suneson (Spa) 72 67, Miles Tunnicliff 68 71, Oliver Fisher 66 73.
140 Michael Jonzon (Swe) 68 72, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 69, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 69 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 73 67, Simon Dyson 70 70
141 Steve Webster 73 68, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 68 73, Jamie Donaldson 68 73, Tom Whitehouse 71 70, Markus Brier (Aut) 70 71, John Bickerton 72 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 68 73
142 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 68 74, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 71, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 71 71, Graeme McDowell 69 73, Nick Dougherty 71 71, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 70 72
143 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 75, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 71, David Frost (Rsa) 69 74, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 70 73, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 72 71, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 74 69, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 74 69, Gregory Havret (Fra) 73 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 73 70, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 70 73, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 72 71, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 72 71, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 72 71, Jean Van de velde (Fra) 71 72, Phillip Archer 69 74, Peter O’Malley (Aus) 71 72
144 Ross Fisher 73 71, Danny Willett 74 70, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 72 72, Peter Hanson (Swe) 71 73, Sebastien Delagrange (Fra) 72 72, Scott Barr (Aus) 75 69, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 68 76, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 74 70, Andrew Coltart 68 76, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 71 73, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 70 74, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 69 75, Paul Lawrie 73 71, Ian Poulter 72 72, Richard Green (Aus) 73 71, Paul McGinley 71 73, Barry Lane 68 76, Thomas Levet (Fra) 75 69, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 70 74.
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145 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 72 73, Benn Barham 71 74, Darren Clarke 72 73, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 69 76, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 74 71, Stephen Dodd 70 75, Richard Finch 70 75, Alastair Forsyth 72 73, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 77 68, Bradley Dredge 75 70
146 Damien McGrane 72 74, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 71 75, Robert Dinwiddie 74 72, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 71 75, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 76 70, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 72 74, Simon Wakefield 71 75
147 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 75 72, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 72 75, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 73 74, Gary Orr 74 73, Marc Warren 75 72, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 70 77, Stuart Manley 73 74
148 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 72 76, Peter Whiteford 74 74, David Howell 73 75, Matthew Millar (Aus) 77 71, Johan Edfors (Swe) 72 76, Rory McIlroy 73 75, Romain Wattel (Fra) 75 73, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 75 73, Philip Golding 69 79, Stephen Gallacher 75 73.