Shopping for a new Road Bike, with mostly emphasis on comfort for 40-50 mile group rides on Thursday nights, plus weekend runs. But still want performance capability.

Would the new R1000 CAAD9 be abit harsh for the longer rides....? Would a Synapse Carbon 1 or Synapse Carbon SL 2 better suit the bill? I'm worried with the Synapse one might lose performance, especially if I want to dip into a race or two.