Britain's four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome says next year's race is his "only goal" as he continues his recovery from a serious crash during the Criterium du Dauphine.
Froome, 34, broke his neck, femur, elbow, hip and ribs as he hit a wall at 54km/h in the accident on 12 June.
In his absence, Ineos team-mate Egan Bernal won the Tour last month.
"It's safe to say I'm ahead of all the predictions made initially of how long it would take," Froome told Team Ineos.
Speaking in his first interview since the crash, the seven-time Grand Tour winner added: "The news from the surgeon when he said I could make a full recovery and there's nothing stopping me - that's all I wanted to hear at that point.
"From then, everything was so positive. I was incredibly lucky not to be more seriously injured.
"For me the underlying goal is to get to the start line in 2020 and be at a similar or better position than I was this year. That's what is driving me at the moment."
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