Home favourite Bernd Ritthammer dug deep to keep his title but united robert MacIntyre.
The Scot took a flawless 65 to begin the next round with a four-shot edge at 11 under par, but he found that lead disappear in the turn while playing partner Ritthammer rolled in two birdies because he carded 2 bogeys.
The Nuremberg native and MacIntyre bogeyed the 10th below before Ritthammer showed nerves of steel to bounce back and birdie the 11th and 12th to surge to fall.
But, Ritthammer allowed Ryder Cup star Paul Casey along with MacIntyre back in at eight under after bogeys.
However, the set that was final regathered his or her own composure move one shot before world and to birdie the past No 17 Casey.
“Things didn’t go my way today,” MacIntyre said. “I fought until the finish. It doesn’t matter where I am on the leaderboard, bottom or top, every point counts.
“Today I only showed my fight and also to birdie the final was huge to find a tie for the lead.
“It’s practically the belief. Play with my best golf and I’m going to go out there on Sunday.
“If it is enough, it’s enough. It is not if it is not. We are going to learn and now proved to be a huge learning experience”
Whereas Austria’s Matthias Schwab along with also Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal are just one further back seven under par, rolled in five birdies but blotted his card with two bogeys to sit down in solo third.
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