Complex sentence: In Simpson's last race of the season, he finished fourth in the Trofeo Baracchi (a two-man team time trial with Gérard Saint) against his boyhood idol, Fausto Coppi; it was Coppi's final race before his death.
Split into simpler sentences: In Simpson's last race of the season, he finished fourth in the Trofeo Baracchi, a two-man team time trial with Gérard Saint. He raced against his boyhood idol, Fausto Coppi; it was Coppi's final race before his death.