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"gym time is wasted" - only dependent on your goals or what you expect to get out of it.
Squatting & deadlifting will improve glute rectruitment and trunk stability whether you are combining that training period with cycling or not. If your goal was only to improve these two factors, then it could be deemed productive.
Something worth noting is that the main function of the musclature in the abdomen (front & back) is for stability/isometric rigidity, to be "static". When training with planks with movning limbs or "bird dogs" you can increase the isometric challenge to these muscles more so than regular simple planks for sure.
But at the same time a movement involving a bilateral articulation of the hips/legs or even arms. Such as a deadlift, squat, or standing press. Can put an even greater stress on these muscles to create a strong isometric contraction. The abdominal stability from this training with an articuation will carry over just the same to a non-articulating challenge such as a normal planks. Because the function is the same, a static/rigid abdomen is both cases.