Debade, in the situation in this photo by Doug, I would never ride in the middle of the lane, the speeds are too high and you would be creating a very dangerous and annoying situation for vehicles, and yourself.
I only ever do that in much lower speed situations, such as in certain urban situations.
I realize I'm getting into a religious discussion here. But if you were on this road, where would you ride? Traffic coming up from behind you really doesn't look like it has room to pass you within your lane, assuming you're on the pavement at all. So you either have to encourage them to switch lanes to pass when safe, or they'll try to squeeze by you with less than a foot of clearance.
Or would you support riding a gravel bike on the deteriorating shoulder instead?