Russell lying joint 2nd in Allianz Tour Finale

Raymond Russell shot a four-under-par 68 today in the second round of the Allianz Tour's Finale de Barbaroux at Barbaroux Golf Club ... but the Scot lost ground on the leader, 2006 British amateur champion Julien Guerrier (France) who shot a 66 to lead by four shots with a tally of 10-under-par 134.
Russell's 138 aggregate sees him in joint second place with three other players on 138.
Raymond had two eagle 3s over the space of three holes - the par-5 third (510yd) and the par-5 fifth (535yd). He gave some of the shots back with bogeys at the sixth, short eighth and ninth but did birdie the seventh in a two-under--par 34 to the turn.
Coiming home Russell birdied the 16th and longt 17th for 34 and a 68.
Gavin Dear, the second Scot in the field, had a repeat 71 for 142. His round included a double bogey 6 at the 10th and other shots dropped at the second and short eighth in halves of 36 and 35.
The Perthshire man did birdie the long fifth, the six, the long 12th, the 16tgh and long 17th.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
134 Julien GUERRIER (FRA) 68 66 »»
138 Benoit TEILLERIA (FRA) 72 66, Anthony SNOBECK (FRA) 71 67, Raymond RUSSELL (SCO) 70 68, Edouard DUBOIS (FRA) 69 69. 
139 Victor RIU (FRA) 70 69, Agus DOMINGO (ESP) 70 69, Victor DUBUISSON (FRA) 69 70. 
141 Pedro ERICE (ESP) 73 68, Adrien BERNADET (FRA) 71 70, Alexandre KALEKA (FRA) 68 73.
142 Baptiste CHAPELLAN (FRA) 73 69, Nicolas JOAKIMIDES (FRA) 72 70, Francois CALMELS (FRA) 72 70, Julien GRILLON (FRA) 72 70, Raphael EYRAUD (FRA) 71 71, Gavin DEAR (SCO) 71 71.
143 Julien XANTHOPOULOS (FRA) 74 69, Benjamin HEBERT (FRA) 73 70, 
Kenny LE SAGER (FRA) 72 71.
144 Olivier DAVID (FRA) 75 69, Matthew BALDWIN (ENG) 75 69, Xavier PONCELET (FRA) 74 70, Julien FORET (FRA) 71 73, Olivier SERRES (FRA) 71 73, Alan BIHAN (FRA) 68 76.
Selected scores:
145 Matthew Cryer (England) 72 73.
146 Sam Robinson (England) 70 70.
148 Jason PALMER (England) 76 72.