Miguel Bover Pons

Miguel Bover

To person
Full name	Miguel Bover Pons
Date of birth	February 14, 1928
date of death	January 25, 1966
nation	Spain
discipline	Road , rail
Team (s)
1948 1949–1954 1955–1956 1957–1958 1959–1961 1962	VC Sport Balear Individual Splendid-d'Allessandro Faema Licor 43 Faema
Most important successes
Tour de France 20th stage 1956 Road racing 1956: Tour of Andalusia National championships Persecution: 1953, 1954, 1955 Six days race 1962: Madrid (with Miguel Poblet )

Miguel Bover Pons (born February 14, 1928 in Palma , † January 25, 1966 there ) was a Spanish cyclist .

Miguel Bover was a professional cyclist from 1948 to 1962. In 1953, 1954 and 1955 he was the Spanish champion in the single pursuit . His greatest success was winning the Tour of Andalusia in 1956. In the same year, he won a stage of the Tour de France and was the first Mallorcan to do so. In 1962 he won the six days of Madrid , together with Miguel Poblet .

Just four years after retiring from active cycling, Bover died of circulatory failure while hunting.

Miguel Bover Pons was the son of cyclist Miguel Bover Salom ; his brother was Juan Bover Pons , also a cyclist.

Web links

• Miguel Bover Pons in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Miguel Vidal: Miguel Nadal comas "Minaco" on mvidal.es (PDF; 424 kB)