I recently moved to Chicago and need a bike. I have a mountain bike i'm using temporarily, but people often zoom past me on other styles. I was all set to get a road bike, but being the city with potholes and such, I'm afraid it will mess up the wheels.

I've been looking into cyclocross bikes as well as touring bikes, and fitness road bikes. Are there any road bikes that can also take a beating? My main quirk is that the bike go fast and also accelerate fast (a lot of yellow lights and stop and go traffic in the city, especially when i go downtown). Handling in the city is also a point, but definitely behind the speed factor. I was thinking I would avoid hybrids but they may be a necessary evil, and I am sort of leaning toward a cyclocross bike.

Any suggestions or input?