His dominance was so large that the Tour organisation had to double the prize money for second place to make the race interesting.

There were 57 French (of which 6 were Algerian), 13 Italian, 12 Belgian, 8 Dutch, 8 Spanish, 8 Swiss, 5 Luxembourgian and 1 Australian cyclists.

[2] On the last press conference before the race, Jacques Goddet conducted a poll amongst journalists to see who they considered the favourite.

[5] The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,556 m (8,386 ft) at the summit tunnel of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 11.

After the stage, Robic told reporters that he had been smart, because he had saved energy and was in a better position to win the Tour.

In the sixth stage, Fiorenzo Magni escaped, and became the leader of the general classification by twelve seconds.

In the 1950 Tour de France, Magni had already become the leader, but left the race without riding in the yellow jersey.

[11] In the time trial in stage seven, won by Fausto Coppi, Magni lost his lead, and Lauredi became leader again.

[11] In the ninth stage, a group of eight cyclists got away, including Coppi's teammate Andrea Carrea.

Carrea asked what he had done wrong, but he was told that he was the new leader of the race, and had to go to the ceremony to receive the yellow jersey.

[12] Coppi rode away and won the stage, taking over the lead in the general classification from his teammate.

The cyclists from the French national team, especially Géminiani, attacked on the Galibier, but Coppi counterattacked and escaped easily.

When Coppi had a flat tire, his teammate Gino Bartali gave him his own wheel, which was a sign that the rivalry between the two cyclists was over.

[11] In the sixteenth stage, the riders were apparently not motivated by the double prize money, as they were slow that day.

[13] In the seventeenth stage, Géminiani, who was already in fourteenth place, 52 minutes behind in the general classification, escaped.

[11] In the eighteenth stage, Coppi reached the top of the mountains first, but took it easy on the descent, and allowed other cyclists to get back to him.

At the end of the Tour the award for the cyclist with the most bad luck was given to Wim van Est.

For that reason, Géminiani was left out the national team for the 1952 UCI Road World Championships.