Muç 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.

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.

Major results

1923 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya 1924

1st Stages 1 & 3 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1925

1st Stage 1 1926 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1927

1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias 1st Stage 1 3rd GP Viscaya 1928 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya