Several players looked to be mounting challenges, but ended up making crucial errors at the death. Siem needed a birdie at the 18th to have even a sniff of a chance, but he found the bunker with his third and could do no better than par, while Lara found water at the final hole to seal his fate after earlier posting a superb outward 32 to share the lead.

Lara's error on 18 helped Campillo sneak a share of second place with a chip-in birdie on the same hole.

"I started really well and the whole time was up there on the leaderboard," said Campillo, a Challenge Tour graduate.

"So it was great fun and very exciting. I just tried to play my best. I played TaylorMade R11 Individual Iron with Graphite or Steel Shaft okay on the back nine, not great, but I didn't make many mistakes and I chipped in on the last for birdie so it was nice to finish strongly.

"It was just very exciting. I knew I was playing well and all of a sudden after eight holes I'm up at the top of the leaderboard. It's the first time I've been in that situation and I think I handled it pretty well. Next time this happens maybe I can just do slightly better on the back nine."

There was also drama earlier in the day when Peter Whiteford, tied for second place overnight, was informed that he had been disqualified as a result of a review of a ball-moving incident that happened at the 18th during his third round.

Whiteford's ball moved fractionally after he had addressed it, and having already signed for an incorrect score, he had to be disqualified.

The Scot had just completed his third hole when European Tour Chief Referee John Paramor, who had been tipped off by eagle-eyed TV viewers, informed Whiteford of the bad news. TaylorMade R11 Individual Iron with Graphite or Steel Shaft

"Peter felt his ball may have moved and for confirmation asked his caddie, a fellow competitor and a TV cameraman, who said they didn't think it had, and so he continued on to finish the hole," said Paramor.

"Overnight several viewers contacted the Tour website. This was reviewed by the Rules Committee, who were able to determine that the ball had in fact moved. He should have incurred a penalty of one stroke and replaced the ball.

"As he did not do so, he was disqualified for signing for a score lower than taken for failing to include the penalty he had incurred. If he had contacted a member of the Rules Team before signing his scorecard, the footage would have been reviewed at the time and he would have averted the disqualification penalty."

Whiteford was disappointed, but accepted the ruling.

"I should have reviewedTaylorMade R11 Individual Iron with Graphite or Steel Shaft
," said the Scot. "You can see it when you look at TV. John spoke to me before I went out, so to be honest my head wasn't in it from the first tee.