MADRID (AP) — Former mountain bike rider Alberto Leon, who was accused of forming part of two separate doping rings in Spain, has been found dead.
A Civil Guard spokesman from San Lorenzo del Escorial — the town near Madrid where Leon lived — confirmed his death to The Associated Press on Monday. The spokesman would not give his name in compliance with departmental rules.
The 37-year-old Leon was one of 14 individuals implicated in the Spanish Civil Guard’s anti-doping investigation Operation Galgo that cited him as a supplier of performance-enhancing drugs.
Leon also was implicated in Operation Puerto, a doping investigation that began in 2006 and led to the banning of cyclists Alejandro Valverde and Ivan Basso.
The Civil Guard spokesman would not confirm details of Leon’s death.
