I am a relative newbie to this forum, but I am always amazed when someone asks for a recommendation for a hybrid in a hybrid forum,(not in a general biking forum or a road bike forum,) and the first response is 'get a road bike'.

I have last year's version of the Giant Rapid 2
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/....2/3875/36256/
I think of it as a flat bar road bike, but it is essentially a hybrid, and I plan on doing a century on it next week.