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Wiggins in 2012 was climbing much better than Evenepoel throughout the season. He was winning every stage race, even though they all had super easy climbs.Performance must be measured season by season. A climb from two years ago doesn't define the current season. In sports—and especially in cycling—two years is a long time.
I don't remember the last time a rider who showed no climbing level during the season suddenly outperformed everyone in the mountains at the Tour. Wiggins?
In modern cycling it's curious, because nowadays their climbing level throughout the season has to be high to climb like that at the Tour.
But Froome, Thomas, Nibali all have done the train yourself into form until the Dauphine hits, and Nibali was even questionable in said Dauphine before the Tour