Home favourite Victor Dubuisson has held on to his share of the lead after round two of the Alstom Open de France.
The world number 37 carded a one-under-par 70 at Le Golf National, which is the course for the 2018 Ryder Cup, to move to four-under for the tournament.
He shares the lead with Rafael Cabrera-Bello (70) and former US Open champion Martin Kaymer (69).
The trio are one shot off a group of five players that includes Italy's Francesco Molinari.
Graeme McDowell, who has won the tournament the last two years, missed the cut with a second round of 78 that included no birdies and two double bogeys.