It was a 92 km long individual time trial between Les Sables-d’Olonne and La Rochelle.
It took Coppi 2hr 18min 10sec to finish it. He won the race ahead of Ferdy Kübler with 1 min and 32 sec.
(Lead pic: Fausto Coppi on the Tourmalet on the 11th stage of Tour de France 1949)