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That is three brilliant groupsets right there.
I could'nt think of any impartial reason to pick one over the others. I can think of several items of personnal fit and taste.
Hood size and shape - generally Shimano fits larger hands, campagnolo smaller, and SRAM is something inbetween. But all three companys try to make there levers as unversally fitting as possibly. So its not really that cut'n'dry.
Lever reach - SRAM has a good adjustment feature for this, shimano has something similar. Campag only has 2 settings (+ a shim option).
Gear actuation - I like the 'one lever-one function' functionality of campag, some like the clean single lever solution of SRAM.
Gear function - Traditionally Campag have a positive click style change, while Shimano is smoother. But the Campag changes have been made smoother in recent years. SRAm again seem to ly inbetween the two.
None of this makes one groupset better than the other. At least not in a way that will be more noticable than personal taste and fit.
Try them, then buy Campag. It looks sooooo much better than the other two.