Frenchman Victor Dubuisson has put himself in position to capture a first Race to Dubai victory this year after ending the second round of the Nordea Masters tied for then lead on six under par.

Last year’s brilliant Turkish Airlines Open winner shares the lead in Sweden with big-hitting Spaniard Alvaro Quiros and England’s Eddie Pepperell.

Quiros bounced back from electing not to contest the second round of Monday’s U.S.Open qualifier with a best Malmo round of 67 that included two eagles and with Dubuisson posted a second straight 69 and first round leader Pepperell firing a 72.

Six players share four place on five under par and include:- the Sweden pair of Henrik Stenson (70) and Jens Dantorp (73), Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee (70), Welshman Bradley Dredge (70) along with the Scottish pair of Chris Doak (69) and Stephen Gallacher (70).

Doak continues to display his good form after having qualified for a second straight U.S. Open on Monday at Walton Heath and a day after securing his biggest-ever pay cheque with a share of 12th in the BMW PGA.Quiros won six times on The European Tour between 2007 and 2011, but injuries and a loss of form saw him fail to record a top-three finish in either of the next two seasons.

That run ended when he was third in China last month, his second top five in three events, and now the 31 year old is in the hunt for a first win in three years.

Big-hitting Quiros had eagled the 11th and birdied the 15th and 18th to turn in 32, then hit his second shot to within five feet of the par five first for another eagle that took him to seven under.

His sole bogey of the day came at the fourth, but the former DP World Championship winner was still pleased with his day’s work.

“I’ve been hitting the ball very well from tee to green, but even with the scores I’ve had I have not putted great,” revealed Quiros.

“I had one putt from eight metres for eagle on 11, but apart from that I’ve had a lot of putts from around five or six metres and not holed any. So even though I’m happy I could have putted better.

“This course is playing a few holes long, and even the short ones are feeling easy. My length helps but the important thing is to control it. The distance control is hard in this wind though. At least it was warmer today than yesterday.”

World Number 25 Dubuisson turned in a one under 35, and the Frenchman then birdied the first and struck his approach to five feet at the second for consecutive birdies before paring his way in.

“It’s a great score,” said the Turkish Airlines Open winner.

“I played good today. It was more difficult than yesterday because the wind was in a different direction and it made some of the par fives difficult to make birdie on. My short game was good and that was important.”