Mució Miquel

Muç Miquel
	A newspaper clipping from after Miquel won theVolta a Catalunya.
Personal information
Full name	Mució Joseph Emmanuel Miquel
Born	12 March 1902; Barcelona,Spain
Died	27 May 1945(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

Mució Joseph Emmanuel Miquel(12 March 1902 – 27 May 1945), also known asMuç MiquelandMiguel Mucio,was a Catalan cyclist who most notably won theVolta a Catalunyain1924and1925as well as theSpanish National Road Race Championshipsin 1927.^[1]

A member of theUnified Socialist Party of CataloniaandCommunist Party of Spain,Miquel fled his homeland following the end of theSpanish Civil War.DuringWorld War II,he served as a member of theFrancs-Tireurs et Partisans.He was imprisoned by theGestapoin 1944 and imprisoned inNeuengamme concentration camp.Following the liberation of the camp in 1945, German workers murdered Miquel and many other prisoners by poisoning their food.^[2]