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1kg isn't noticeable as long the bike feel light and easy to climb.
Especially if it's something like the CAAD12.
As @Shroom quite rightly said, it's very likely to be just the placebo effect that you end up believing that it's the 1kg that held you back, not your fitness levels, and maybe the bacon baps you had for breakfast.
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The CAAD12 and 2016 SuperSix Hi-mod have massive tyres clearance.
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If you're tackling alpine descents, that means you're also going up them. In which case 1kg is very noticeable. As nice as the CAAD 12 may be, I also wouldn't want to drop £2k on an alu bike.
I'd hunt around for an older Supersix model on discount. I picked up the 2013 HM for around that last year, and tire clearance aside (I'd like more!) I'm very happy with it.