Seriously?
Sure Evenepoel could well get there, but Algarve+Burgos+Pologne = Strade + Milano Sanremo
JUST WHAT
As far as big wins go, prestige, name in the history books, it's not even close. Like i said, van Aert took career defining victories.
But Evenepoel didn't "just" take a few minor stageraces. He was the youngest winner in all of them. He won at least one stage in all of them. He won them in a clean sweep, 4 out of 4 (not 4 out of 9 for instance) and has been dominant over 22 days of racing. Algarve never had a more stacked field. He set a course record in the ITT and (iirc) did the fastest ascend of the Alto da Foia (could be mistaken, need to check). Burgos was never more stacked, and the field for this "2.pro" race was vastly superior to most 1 week WT races of 2019. In Burgos and Pologne he didn't even need an ITT.
Schachmann was 3rd in Strade and was able to keep van Aert in his sights for a few km, finally caved after hard race. Evenepoel demoted Schachmann to an extra in the Evenepoel show. There's something to be said for the manner in which you win, and not the simply the prestige of the race alone. Van Aert beat the best classics specialists on two occasions. Evenepoel also beat Lopez, Costa, Nibali, Thomas, Ganna, Dennis, Landa, Yates (twice), Chaves (twice), Schachmann (twice), Carapaz (twice), Fuglsang, Majka, Martin, ....
If the best rider is awarded to the one that took the biggest wins: van Aert.
If the best rider is awarded to the one that might actually have been the best: i'm leaning towards Evenepoel.