Three-way tie at the Italian Open

Francesco Molinari, Simon Thornton and Felipe Aguilar have climbed to the top of the leaderboard at the half-way stage of the Italian Open in Turin.

The Italian carded a second round of 67 to go with yesterday's 68 - as did Thornton - while Aguilar's 66 sees him make it a three-way tie at Golf Club Torino.

David Higgins, Nicolas Colsaerts and Steve Webster share second place on eight-under-par, while Marcus Fraser and Maximilian Kiefer are a shot further back.

A clutch of 16 players are within four shots, including Spanish veteran Jose Maria Olazabal (-5).