KP. No gap = no work, unless you've a team-related strategic reason for doing so. Someone once told me that in a race you should always be doing 1 of 2 things. Attacking or planning your next attack, otherwise, you're just along for the ride. Monster pulls and being the domestique for the rest of the peleton by pulling them around or up to breaks does not = attacking or planning your next attack, but you already know that.