Mució Miquel Explained

Muç Miquel
Full Name:Mució Joseph Emmanuel Miquel
Birth Date:12 March 1902
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Death Place:Lübtheen, Germany
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1923
Proteam1:Individual
Proyears2:1924–1925
Proteam2:UE Sants
Proyears3:1926
Proteam3:UE Sant Andreu
Proyears4:1927
Proteam4:FC Barcelona
Proyears5:1928–1929
Proteam5:Dilecta–Wolber

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]

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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Mució Miquel . ProCyclingStats . 23 January 2021.
    2. News: Pereda . Marcos . El ciclista español héroe de la Resistencia francesa que acabó en un campo nazi . 25 December 2023 . Público . 29 August 2020.