Mució Miquel

Mució Joseph Emmanuel Miquel (12 March 1902 – 27 May 1945), also known as Muç Miquel and Miguel Mucio, was a Catalan cyclist who most notably won the Volta a Catalunya in 1924 and 1925 as well as the Spanish National Road Race Championships in 1927.^[1]

Muç Miquel

A newspaper clipping from after Miquel won the Volta a Catalunya.
Personal information
Full name	Mució Joseph Emmanuel Miquel
Born	12 March 1902 Barcelona, Spain
Died	27 May 1945(1945-05-27) (aged 43) Lübtheen, Germany
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1923	Individual
1924–1925	UE Sants
1926	UE Sant Andreu
1927	FC Barcelona
1928–1929	Dilecta–Wolber

A member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia and Communist Party of Spain, Miquel fled his homeland following the end of the Spanish Civil War. During World War II, he served as a member of the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans. He was imprisoned by the Gestapo in 1944 and imprisoned in Neuengamme concentration camp. Following the liberation of the camp in 1945, German workers murdered Miquel and many other prisoners by poisoning their food.^[2]

Major results

1923

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

5th Overall Volta a Catalunya

1924

1st   Overall Volta a Catalunya

1st Stages 1 & 3

9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

1925

1st   Overall Volta a Catalunya

1st Stage 1

1926

2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya

2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias

9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

1927

1st   Road race, National Road Championships

1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias

1st Stage 1

3rd GP Viscaya

1928

1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya

References

1. "Mució Miquel". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
2. Pereda, Marcos (29 August 2020). "El ciclista español héroe de la Resistencia francesa que acabó en un campo nazi". Público. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

External links

• Mució Miquel at Cycling Archives