( CNN ) -- Juan Roma won the third stage of the Dakar Rally in Argentina Tuesday as Mini teammate Krzysztof Holowczyc of Poland took the lead in the overall standings . It was the second stage win on the endurance rally for the team , with Roma coming home one minute and nine seconds ahead of the race leader at the end of the 208km leg from San Rafael to San Juan . In the motorcycle section France 's three-time champion Cyril Despres took command on their longer 270km special to claim a decisive victory and take the overall lead . Despres , who made a poor start to the 14-day race , took more than 13 minutes off KTM teammate and defending champion Marc Coma of Spain , who trailed home seventh . Dutch rider Frans Verhoeven took second with Portugal 's Paulo Goncalves in third . But another French rider , Sebastien Coue , was admitted to hospital in San Rafael after he suffered a broken shoulder and heat stroke . Argentinian rider Jorge Martinez Boero died of heart failure after a crash Sunday . Stephane Peterhansel of France led the cars at the 41 km and 163 km checkpoints , but suffered two punctures in the last 50 kilometers . He lost more than six minutes to Roma , who followed up on the stage one win over his teammate Leonid Novitskiy . But NASCAR star Robby Gordon is still in contention after taking fifth on the leg in his Hummer to move up to second overall , just 54 seconds behind Holowczyc . 2009 winner Giniel De Villiers is in third , one minute 40 seconds down in a close race between the main contenders .
Juan Roma wins cars section on third stage of Dakar Rally . Roma 's Mini teammate Krzysztof Holowczyc finishes second to take overall lead . NASCAR star Robby Gordon second overall in his Hummer . Cyril Despres wins stage to lead motorcycle section overall .