In day three’s action on the Dakar rally, Krzysztof Holowczyc climbed from third to take the overall lead in his Mini while Robby Gordon and his Hummer remained in second position by a gap of 54 seconds.

Current standings via Autosport.com –

Pos          Driver                    Car           Time/Gap
1.  Krzysztof Holowczyc         Mini         5h51m06s
2.  Robby Gordon             Hummer       + 54s
3.  Giniel de Villiers            Toyota      + 1m40s
4.  Nani Roma                       Mini        + 1m50s
5.  Stephane Peterhansel     Mini        + 2m41s
6.  Nasser Al-Attiyah        Hummer      + 6m34s
7.  Leonid Novitskiy              Mini        + 14m53s
8.  Lucio Alvarez                Toyota      + 20m39s
9.  Carlos Sousa             Great Wall   + 21m46s
10.  Erik Wevers              Mitsubishi    + 26m06s