Sports | Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong Will Be Burned in Effigy He gets annual honor from English town By John Johnson Posted Oct 31, 2012 6:57 PM CDT Copied Artist Frank Shepherd poses with his creation of Lance Armstrong in Edenbridge, England. (AP Photo / Gareth Fuller, PA) Poor Lance Armstrong. He lost his Tour de France titles, and now an English town is going to burn him in effigy in a big way. Edenbridge has chosen Armstrong as the celeb to go up in flames in its annual Bonfire Night celebrations on Nov. 5, reports NBC's Off the Bench blog. The 30-foot version is already in place. In Armstrong's defense, not everyone thinks that sports doping should be illegal. Read These Next Horrific tragedy reported at Rob Reiner's house. Detainee in Brown University shooting is 24-year-old man. A beach massacre at a Jewish event in Australia killed 12. Father and son killed 15 people on Bondi Beach, police say. Report an error