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yes. you are correct.
when i first started cycling my calorie intake jumped. i was having bowls of porridge before going to bed and eating toast/bagels before an evening meal. it's because your body goes into survival mode, all of a sudden you are stressing your body so it thinks there is a crisis and reacts accordingly by storing fat ready for the impending war/famine/catastrophe.
took a few months for my food intake to stabalise.
intense cycling uses about 400-500 calories an hour it has to come from somewhere :-)