Golf:Nicolas Colsaerts fired a 66 to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Volvo China Open in Chengdu. The Belgian, still without a win on the European Tour, birdied the final hole to inch ahead of local hope Chang-won Han, who had posted the clubhouse lead of 17-under-par with a round of 65.
Han is a stroke ahead of Ireland's Peter Lawrie and Frenchman Gregory Havret, who both shot 68, while halfway leader Jamie Donaldson is on 15-under after a round of 70. The Welshman was level par through 14 holes but remained in contention with back-to-back birdies at 15 and 16.
Gareth Maybin was unable to make progress when signing for a 72 and remains on 12 under, while Shane Lowry and Michael Hoey both went backwards when carding a 74 and 76 respectively, to drop back to three and two under.
But it is Colsaerts who is in charge following a round that started brightly with an eagle at the opening hole.
His long hitting has served him well this week - he is 11-under for the four par-fives - and he registered a further five birdies with just a solitary dropped shot at the fifth, only his second of the week.
Han made his move by reaching the turn in 31 after picking up five birdies in the first seven holes. He cooled off on the back nine, picking up two more shots at the 10th and 16th, but it was enough to set the early mark.
Collated third round scores & totals (Gbr & Irl unless stated, Irish in bold, par 72):
198Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 65 67 66
199Chang-won Han (Kor) 64 70 65
200 Peter Lawrie 68 64 68, Gregory Havret (Fra) 66 66 68
201Jamie Donaldson 70 61 70
202Aaron Townsend (Aus) 68 66 68, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 65 71 66, Keith Horne (Rsa) 63 69 70
203Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 66 66 71, Danny Lee (Nzl) 66 68 69, Andre Stolz (Aus) 68 68 67, James Morrison 65 69 69
204Steve Alker (Nzl) 66 67 71, Richie Ramsay 66 69 69, Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 68 68 68, Gareth Maybin 65 67 72, Joost Luiten (Ned) 66 67 71, Ho-sung Choi (Kor) 71 67 66, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 67 68 69, Tano Goya (Arg) 71 64 69, Bradley Dredge 65 70 69, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 66 67 71
205Christian Nilsson (Swe) 70 65 70, Peter Whiteford 67 68 70, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 66 67 72, Anthony Brown (Aus) 67 71 67, Michael Hendry (Nzl) 70 69 66, Danny Willett 70 66 69, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 68 66 71, Pablo Martin (Spa) 70 68 67
206Martin Wiegele (Aut) 68 70 68, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 67 65 74, Damien McGrane 70 68 68, James Kingston (Rsa) 70 67 69, Stephen Dodd 72 67 67, Paul Waring 73 66 67, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 68 66 72
207Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 67 66 74, Chris Wood 70 67 70, Stephen Gallacher 70 65 72, Wei-Huang Wu (Chn) 70 67 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 68 68 71, Richard Finch 69 67 71, Wei Wei (Chn) 67 67 73, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 67 70, Michael Wright (Aus) 69 68 70
208Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 67 70, Gary Boyd 71 66 71, Dong Su (Chn) 70 68 70, Todd Hamilton (USA) 69 70 69, Jin-ho Choi (Kor) 66 72 70
209David Oh (USA) 71 68 70, Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 69 69 71, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 69 70 70, Lian-Wei Zhang (Chn) 71 68 70
210Shiv Kapur (Ind) 68 70 72, Oliver Wilson 70 65 75, Gui Ming Liao (Chn) 69 70 71, Simon Dyson 69 68 73
211David Drysdale 68 69 74, Robert Rock 70 67 74, John Parry 67 72 72, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 69 68 74, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 74 65 72, Kim Felton (Aus) 70 67 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 71 67 73
212Stephen Allan (Aus) 72 67 73
213Michael Campbell (Nzl) 67 71 75, Shane Lowry 69 70 74,Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 68 71 74
214Anthony Summers (Aus) 69 69 76, Rhys Davies 69 66 79, Michael Hoey 68 70 76
216Tian Yuan (Chn) 72 67 77
