ALPS TOUR REPORT AND SCORES

Frenchman Alan Bihan on top at Lyoness Open

FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Frenchman Alan Bihan, 27, fired a 65 today after first-round 67 during first round to lead the Alps Tour's Lyoness Open in Freiberg, Austria, by two strokes with a total of 12 under par 132.
“I like the course very much. Last year I finished third and it suits me better than the one last week because it is longer. But the main point is that today, I holed a lot of putts. I needed it because each year the level of players is getting better and better and you have to shoot really low to be on top of the leaderboard," said Bihan.
His last win was in Memorial Olivier Barras in Crans sur Sierre in 2008 and he knows how to deal with being in the last group off the tee in the final round.
His father, Marc Bihan, is carrying the bag as usual. Being in the last group is quite new to French rookie David Antonelli who turned 24 last Tuesday.
By his own admission he played very poorly in March and April but his main sponsor told him that he would have his backing until the end of May.
Today Antonelli signed for a second 67 and 134, two shots off the pace.
“I knew I had to wake up and I did! I made my first cut last week and here at Lyoness Open, I think I had the best putting in my all life. Once you start holing putts, even tough ones, you trust your swing more and more and then you are playing better,” he said.
Last but not least, third man on the provisional podium is Austrian Peter Lepitschnik, with a total of nine under par 135. Lepitschnik used to be member of Alps Tour but after few seasons on the circuit, he decided to make get a degree as teacher in 2010.
It seems that playing with no stress is the right way for Peter. He did well too last week at Gösser Open and is on the way to success whatever happens tomorrow and Sunday.
The cut is fixed at -1.
Agathe Séron
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
132 Alan BIHAN (FRA) 67 65.
134 David ANTONELLI (FRA) 67 67.
135 Peter LEPITSCHNIK (AUT) 70 65.
136 Juan PARRON (ESP) 71 65, Pol BECH (ESP) 65 71, Carlos BALMASEDA (ESP) 72 64, Jason PALMER (ENG) 67 69.
137 Xavier GUZMAN SADABA (ESP) 68 69, Richard KILPATRICK (NIR) 70 67, Fredrik SVANBERG (SWI) 64 73.
138 Kenny LE SAGER (FRA) 71 67, Benjamin MANNIX (ENG) 71 67.
139 Shane McHENRY (AUS) 69 70, Jason KELLY (NOR) 69 70, Adam HODKINSON (ENG) 71 68, Kim Joon (ITA) 71 68, Marc PEREZ GELMA (ESP) 71 68, Lawrence DODD (ENG) 70 69,
Iñigo URQUIZU (ESP) 68 71.
140 Andrea ZANINI (ITA) 67 73, Lukas NEMECZ (AUT) (amateur) 72 68, Jann SCHMID (SWI) 70 70, Nilson CABRERA (ITA) Parco di Roma Golf club 68 72, Leo ASTL (AUT) 70 70,
Michael MOSER (AUT) 71 69.
141 Jason BARNES (ENG) 70 71, Jurgen MAURER (AUT) 70 71, Juan Antonio BRAGULAT (ESP) 74 67, Matthew CRYER (ENG) 69 72, Uli WEINHANDL (AUT) 69 72.
142 Alessandro GRAMMATICA (ITA) 74 68, Marco GUERISOLI (ITA) 69 73, Matteo DELPODIO (ITA) 72 70, Romain SCHNEIDER (FRA) 73 69, Sergio GONZALEZ GARCIA (ESP) 73 69, Vincent CACHERA (FRA) 70 72, Farren KEENAN (ENG) 74 68.
143 Ricki NEIL-JONES (ENG) 72 71, Christoph KORBLER (AUT) (am) 73 70, Luca BENEDUCE (ITA) 70 73, Julien FORET (FRA) 72 71, Gavin DEAR (Murrayshall House Hotel and GC) 73 70, Alexander WERNIG (AUT) 71 72, Quentin DE VALENSART (BEL) 73 70, Neil CHAUDHURI (ENG) 73 70.
MISSED THE CUT (Selected scores)
144 Eliott SALTMAN (Aegon) 72 72.
146 Zack SALTMAN (Aegon) 70 76.
147 Steven HUME (Murrayshall) 76 71.
148 Kevin McALPINE (Alyth) 75 73.