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 A new ransom demand arrives in the Nancy Guthrie case. What we know about former Prince Andrew's arrest. Blame game over massive sewage spill is heating up. Former Prince Andrew is arrested—on his birthday. Report an error