the scary thing is he is 26 and might still improve
Or as Richard Plugge said in in het Wiel the other day "He is still continiously improving from what we see. The Van Aert in 2021 is much much stronger than the one in 2019 before the crash even."
I would say that the Van Aert that we just saw in Tirreno is already stronger than the one from last year. Better on the climbs and TT.