They were in total prep race mode. Especially Yates and Carapaz had their targets months away and were also nowhere in Burgos. He took almost all the time on the flats and nobody is denying he's a better rouleur than those guys.
Van der Poel did a similar thing on a harder parcours against a much tougher field on a stage in Tirreno, yet nobody is desperate to proclaim him a future GT winner.
Ok this time i'm reporting you for trolling. You keep repeating this ***, even though you have been told the facts before. Evenepoel took 40 seconds on Fuglsang (who was being chased down by Yates and Majka) on the final climb. You also don't seem to be familiar with the concept of pacing, when you are in a 52km solo break. In order to have enough in the tank to ride away further on the flat, and not lose time on the climb, you need to be a better climber than the guys chasing you, or you will blow yourself up. Him being a better rouleur doesn't grant him magical powers or unlimited energy to burn through the climbs without affecting him on the flat or vice versa.
Targets months away? Lombardia was the next week
. It was a compressed season, we were already halfway august. Carapaz, Kelderman, Fuglsang, Majka, Konrad... all rode Poland and Lombardia. Evenepoel was also building up towards the Giro.
Van der Poel was no threat for GC, and was given the freedom to build up an advantage to 3m40s before Pogacar and van Aert started chasing with 17.5k to go, and yet they nearly caught him on the line! Evenepoel was chased after the initial 5 seconds where they didn't respond, and still finished nearly 2 minutes ahead of Fuglsang, who took another half minute out of Yates and Majka. So your little comparison makes no sense for two crucial facts: van der Poel was no threat in GC, Evenepoel was. Van der Poel was gifted minutes without anybody committing to the chase, and lost most of them when they started chasing. With Evenepoel, they committed to the chase from nearly the very start, and he simply rode further away.