Ruth Corset's gap atop the NRS women's standings is closing

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Ruth Corset celebrates in the NRS Series leader jersey (Image credit: Cycling Australia - Tim Bardsley-Smith)

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Ruth Corset cresting the hill at the finish line (Image credit: Cycling Australia - Tim Bardsley-Smith)

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Ruth Corset with media after the stage (Image credit: Cycling Australia - Tim Bardsley-Smith)

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What a champ: Ruth Corset wears her Australia champion colours. (Image credit: velopalmares.free.fr)

After an ultra-competitive Battle on the Border last weekend, the 2010 Australian national women's road champion and 2012 NRS Champion Ruth Corset (Holden Women's Cycling) still holds a narrow lead in the overall series standings, but the gap is closing.

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