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= Markus Neuert = Markus Joachim Neuert (born February 11, 1974 in Kempten, Germany) is a documentary filmmaker and entrepreneur. His production company Cyclefilm produced road cycling training films in partnership with Cannondale. Their first co-production was The Road to Hautacam in 2008 which highlighted the 2008 L'Etape du Tour route organized by Tour de France management company ASO. Markus also produced the pro-cycling documentary Against All Odds - Team NetApp's Giro d'Italia and the origin story of the German cult cycling calendar Cyclepassion Eyes Wide Open - The making-of Cyclepassion.

Early Life
Markus was raised in Germany with his parents Hans-Joachim Neuert and Ursula Neuert, and two brothers Thomas and Andreas and a sister Claudia. Markus was an avid Tennis player and interrupted his German schooling to receive his high school diploma from Wasson High School in Colorado Springs, CO in 1992, followed by a Tennis coaching assignment at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy (IMG Academies) in Bradenton, FL.

Entrepreneurship
Markus started his entrepreneur career while still at college. In 1993 at age 19, he opened a Bavarian themed restaurant named Edelweiss in South Florida. After selling the restaurant four years later, he moved back to Europe in 1997 for assignments with Planet Hollywood and consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble in Munich, Germany, London, UK and Geneva, Switzerland. Markus left P&G in 2005 to continue his entrepreneurial career by launching his own sports production company Cyclefilm, specializing in media coverage for the professional road cycling industry. In 2014 he teamed up with his brothers Thomas Neuert and Andreas Neuert to launch the social messaging App Kyngo and the marketing subsidiary Downtown Crawlers.

Personal Life
After a production assignment in Puerto Rico in early 2012, Markus started dating Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2002, Isis Casalduc. The couple announced their engagement in November 2013 and were married in March 2015 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.