Edition: U.S. / Global  CYCLING; On Bastille Day, French Riders
Are Upstaged By Dutch  Published: July 15, 2002  Vincent
Barteau, who did it in 1989, knows what it's like to be a
Frenchman who wins the Tour de France stage on Bastille Day,
before huge crowds with hearts swelling with chauvinistic pride.
''You cry, you cry, you're happy, you cry, you keep crying,'' he
said. ''You say to yourself, 'I'm the hero of France today.'
That goes on all night. It's wonderful.''  And the secret to
winning the crown jewel?  ''The trick is to pedal faster than
the others,'' he said with a guffaw.  The last laugh was on
Barteau, now a television commentator, and more than 59 million
other French citizens today. On the national holiday
commemorating the day that the Bastille prison fell, and with it
the French monarchy, so did the dream of a Frenchman winning
today's eighth stage.  Finishing first in the 217.5-kilometer
(134.9-mile) stage was a Dutchman, Karsten Kroon of the Rabobank
team. The second man was also a Dutchma