Ben Perry takes race lead at Tour of Britain after stage three result amended

Wiv SunGod become first British Continental team to ever officially take red jersey at home race

Kamiel Bonneuof Team Sport Vlaanderen Baloise with Ben Perry Team WIV Sungod
(Image credit: Alex Whitehead / SWPix)

Ben Perry has been declared the new race leader of the Tour of Britain after stage three's result was amended to count the time between the day's break and the main peloton.

As a result, a British Continental team, Wiv SunGod, has taken the leader's jersey for the first time at the home race.

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Adam Becket
News editor

Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling, he's happy. Before joining CW he spent two years writing for Procycling. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds.

Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to cycling.