I guarantee you that you will never make it to the top of the Monte Zoncolan on your steel bike.
on flat group rides with the 30% energy saving from drafting, you could ride any vintage steel bike and manage to follow a guy from your same level of fitness in front of you with a $10,000 bike.
nobody here would be able to compete against Jacques Anquetil or Greg Lemond even if they were riding steel bikes, including me.